CONTENTS

 

 1     Scope and purpose          
        1.1     Scope    
        1.2     Requirements         
        1.3     Background           
        1.4     Conventions for this Recommendation        
 2     References 
        2.1     Normative references         
        2.2     Informative references        
 3     Glossary    
        3.1     Abbreviations and acronyms          
        3.2     Terms and definitions         
 4     Functional assumptions    
        4.1     Broadband access network
        4.2     Equipment assumptions      
        4.3     RF channel assumptions     
        4.4     Transmission levels
        4.5     Frequency inversion           
 5     Communication protocols
        5.1     Protocol stack       
        5.2     The MAC forwarder         
        5.3     Network layer       
        5.4     Above the network layer    
        5.5     Data link layer       
        5.6     Physical layer         
 6     Physical media dependent sublayer specification   
        6.1     Scope    
        6.2     Upstream  
        6.3     Downstream          
 7     Downstream transmission convergence sublayer   
        7.1     Introduction           
        7.2     MPEG packet format        
        7.3     MPEG header for DOCS data-over-cable 
        7.4     MPEG payload for DOCS data-over-cable           
        7.5     Interaction with the MAC sublayer 
        7.6     Interaction with the Physical Layer 
        7.7     MPEG header synchronization and recovery          
 8     Media access control specification           
        8.1     Introduction           
        8.2     MAC frame formats          
        8.3     MAC management messages         
 9     Media access control protocol operation  
        9.1     Upstream bandwidth allocation      
        9.2     Support for multiple channels         
        9.3     Timing and synchronization 
        9.4     Upstream transmission and contention resolution     
        9.5     Data link encryption support          
10     Quality of service and fragmentation        
       10.1     Theory of operation          
       10.2     Upstream service flow scheduling services 
       10.3     Fragmentation       
       10.4     Payload header suppression          
11     Cable modem – CMTS interaction          
       11.1     CMTS initialization           
       11.2     Cable modem initialization 
       11.3     Standard operation           
       11.4     Dynamic service   
       11.5     Fault detection and recovery         
12     Supporting future new cable modem capabilities  
       12.1     Downloading cable modem operating software      
Annex A – Well‑known addresses     
        A.1     MAC addresses   
        A.2     MAC service IDs 
        A.3     MPEG PID          
Annex B – Parameters and constants     
Annex C – Common radio frequency interface encodings     
        C.1     Encodings for configuration and MAC-layer messaging      
        C.2     Quality-of-service-related encodings         
        C.3     Encodings for other interfaces        
        C.4     Confirmation code
Annex D – CM configuration interface specification     
        D.1     CM IP addressing 
        D.2     CM configuration  
        D.3     Configuration verification   
Annex E – The data-over-cable spanning tree protocol     
        E.1     Background          
        E.2     Public spanning tree           
        E.3     Public spanning tree protocol details           
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        E.4
     Spanning tree parameters and defaults        
Annex F – European specification additions     
        F.1     Scope and purpose           
        F.2     References
        F.3     Glossary 
        F.4     Functional assumptions      
        F.5     Communication protocols  
        F.6     Physical media dependent sublayer specification     
        F.7     Downstream transmission convergence sublayer     
        F.8     Media access control specification 
Annex G – DOCS 2.0 and 1.0/1.1 interoperability     
        G.1     General interoperability issues        
        G.2     Hybrid devices      
        G.3     DOCS 2.0 TDMA interoperability
        G.4     DOCS 2.0 S-CDMA interoperability        
Annex H – The DOCS MAC/PHY interface (DMPI)     
        H.1     Scope    
        H.2     Conventions          
        H.3     Overview  
        H.4     Signals   
        H.5     Protocol
        H.6     Electrical specifications      
        H.7     Timing specifications         
        H.8     Data format and usage      
Annex I – (Set aside)     
Annex J – Japan specification additions     
        J.1       Scope and purpose          
        J.2       References           
        J.3       Glossary  
        J.4       Functional assumptions     
        J.5       Communication protocols 
        J.6       Physical media dependent sublayer specification   
        J.7       Downstream transmission convergence sublayer   
        J.8       Media access control specification
        J.9       Media access control protocol operation  
       J.10     Quality of service and fragmentation           
       J.11     Cable modem – CMTS interaction
       J.C      Common radio frequency interface encodings         
        J.E     The data-over-cable spanning tree protocol
Appendix I – MAC service definition     
        I.1        MAC service overview    
        I.2        MAC data service interface          
        I.3        MAC control service interface      
        I.4        MAC service usage scenarios      
Appendix II – Example preamble sequence     
       II.1     Introduction           
       II.2     Example preamble sequence           
Appendix III – Multiple upstream channels     
      III.1     Single downstream and single upstream per cable segment  
      III.2     Multiple downstreams and multiple upstreams per cable segment     
Appendix IV – DOCS transmission and contention resolution     
       IV.1     Introduction          
       IV.2     Variable definitions           
       IV.3     State examples     
       IV.4     Function examples
Appendix V – IGMP example     
        V.1     Events   
        V.2     Actions  
Appendix VI – Unsolicited grant services     
       VI.1     Unsolicited grant service (UGS)    
       VI.2     Unsolicited grant service with activity detection (UGS-AD)
Appendix VII – S-CDMA framing     
      VII.1     Coded subsymbol numbering        
      VII.2     Uncoded subsymbol numbering    
      VII.3     Framer output numbering  
      VII.4     Comments
Appendix VIII – Ambient temperature and wind loading effects     
     VIII.1     Synchronization tolerances to plant delay variations           
     VIII.2     Change in propagation delay due to temperature changes  
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