DSL Advances
| 2002-12-26 00:00:00 | | 0 | Telecommunication
Cutting-edge xDSL: technology, standards, architecture, regulation, and its application. *The state of the art in DSL technology, standards, and architecture *ADSL, HDSL2, SHDSL, VDSL, line unbundling, spectrum management, and more *Voice over DSL and video-on-demand: technical progress and its impact on services *DSL in the home: automating deployment, enhancing security, maximizing revenue *Improved coding techniques, multi-user detection, and other new advances Digital Subscriber Lines (DSLs) have transformed millions of ordinary phone lines into broadband arteries that link homes and businesses to the Internet at megabit speeds. DSL Advances brings together the state of the art in DSL technology and architecture for every technical professional and manager. The authors of the classic Understanding Digital Subscriber Line Technology review the key challenges service providers and equipment manufacturers face now, preview tomorrow's most important standards and technical enhancements, and offer new insights into today's regulatory and business environment.Coverage includes: *HDSL2 and SHDSL: The next generation of symmetric DSL technology *Recent developments in ADSL and standards for line unbundling *Spectrum management standards: `traffic cops` for crosstalk management *Voice over DSL and video-on-demand: technical progress that enhances the business case *DSL networked homes: wired/wireless LANs, shared phone and AC wiring? including both centralized splitters and distributed in-line filter premises wiring *Streamlining deployment: CPE auto-configuration and flow-through service provisioning *Security risks and essential safeguards for vendors, service providers, and users *Future directions, including advanced coding techniques and multi-user detection
User review
a very fine book
An excellent overview of all areas of DSL engineering and deployment. The last section with it's photo tour of the telephone `plant` is unique and especially informative.
Highly recommended for anyone needing a deep technical knowledge of the current state of DSL
User review
Solid update on the state of DSL (with photos too:-))
These guys wrote the book on DSL by creating the products, standards, processes, and applications for broadband in the copper loop. As active participants in the DSL Forum and other standards bodies, Starr, Sorbara, Cioffi, and Silverman have been there, done that. They know their stuff, and it shows in this detailed work on the state of the art of DSL in 2003. While not being shameful to get down into the nitty gritty of `Iterative Water-Filling` or `Duplex clear-down sequences`, there is good coverage of the business side of DSL and simple questions like `What is Voice over DSL?` For marketers like me, there are great pictures and diagrams throughout the book about all of the stuff they are talking about! Overall, there's something in here for everyone, just don't feel bad if there's a section or twenty that you don't understand -- these guys are the geniuses who thought it all up!
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The primary source
This book describes the state of the art by the folks defining it. Cioffi of Stanford developed much of the original technology, Sorbara and Starr have led the industry's key technical committee, and Silverman's been a leader in the DSL Forum. A good book by pros for pros, that goes far deeper than anything else published. 01/05/02