This draft text includes: 1) Revise §7.2.1.3.2 "Power back-off PSD mask" according to C1423Att1R1 (Issue 7.6.10.1.3.2) 2) Revise §11.2.2 "eoc transmission protocol" according to C1437 (Issue 12.5.7.4) 3) Revise Table 11-5 and Table 11-6 according to 10MB-045R1 (Issue 11.2.11 and Issue 11.2.12) 4) Revise the text of §11.2.3.6 "Inventory commands and responses" according to §3 of 11KH-026R1 (Issue 11.0.9.5.7.2) 5) Revise the text of §11.3.1.1 "Near-end anomalies" according to §3 of 11KH-026R1 (Issue 11.0.9.5.7.2). Further revise the text of §11.3.1.1 according to C1276R1 (Issue 11.0.9.5.7.3). 6) Revise the text of §11.3.1.3 "Near-end defects" according to 11KH-087 (Issue 12.5.7.3) 7) Add text for new §11.4.2.6 "Re-initialization policy parameters" according to 11KH-087 (Issue 12.5.7.3). Rename SES_THRESH_REINIT to REINIT_TIME_THRESHOLD throughout the draft text (Issue 12.5.7.4.1) 8) Revise §12 "Link activation methods and procedures" according to 10RB-023R1 (Issue 12.1.3). Further revise the text of §12 according to 11KH-087 (Issue 12.5.7.3). Further revise §12.1.4 "Deactivation, power loss, persistent link failure and high_BER events" according to C1437 (Issue 12.5.7.4). Further revise §12 according to C1423Att1R1 (Issue 7.6.10.1.3.2). 9) Revise Annex B according to TD-471 (wp1) (Issue B.0.2). 10) Add new Annex M "Time-of-day distribution over VDSL2 links" according to §4 of 10RB-042R1 (Issue 17.38). Add NOTE according to 11KH-086R1 (Issue 17.48). Revise the text of Annex M according to 11KH-028 (Issue 17.39).