The ERPS statistics management table, controls the collection, duration, clearance, and status of the MAC statistics. The usage of this table is as follows: 1. In order to clear period of counters (or all periods) of specific counting point (or all counting points) of the ERPS MAC, the user should first set the erpsIfStatsControlPeriodClear item to specify the period that he would like to clear, and the erpsIfStatsControlCountPointClear item to specify the counting point on which he would like to perform the statistics clearance. In case that the user specified 'clearSpecificInterval' in the erpsIfStatsControlPeriodClear item, the user should also set the specific interval to clear by setting erpsIfStatsControlIntervalClear. After setting these items, the user can activate the clear operation by setting erpsIfStatsControlCommitClear item to 'commit'. The status of the clear operation (done of failed) is indicated by the returned value of erpsIfStatsControlCommitClear item. 2. Setting erpsIfStatsControlPeriodClear to 'clearAllIntervals' and erpsIfStatsControlCountPointClear to 'clearWest' (for example) will clear all current and previous intervals, and day counters of the west side of the ERPS MAC. 3. The IntervalValidData of cleared interval should be set to false. All read-write attributes in this table are volatile, i.e. will be cleared on system reset.