Understanding Digital Subscriber Line Technology (Prentice Hall Communications Engineering and Emerging Technologies Series) - Hardcover

Starr, Thomas; Cioffi, John M.; Silverman, Peter J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0137805454 ISBN 13: 9780137805457

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1998

Synopsis

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About this title

From the Author:

Entire DSL subject from experts who helped write standards
With Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) technology, today's telephone lines are easily upgraded to Megabit data paths that enable astonishingly fast Internet access and Work-at-Home applications. The three co-authors of this book provide the breadth necessary to cover the entire DSL subject: digital transmission methods, spectrum management, methods to overcome transmission impairments, market forces, applications, end-to-end network architecture, protocols, network management, telephone and data networks, customer premises configurations, standards, regulatory aspects, and comparison with fiber, coax, radio. The book discusses all types of XDSL: ADSL, ADSL-lite, HDSL, SDSL, ISDN, and VDSL. The CD-ROM included with the book holds 900 DSL working documents from DSL standards committees.

From the Back Cover:

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DSL technologies explained by the experts who created the standards

The most complete coverage anywhere: ISDN, HDSL, ADSL, and VDSL

The basic infrastructure for the global broadband network of the future is already in place in most homes and offices. Ordinary telephone lines can provide low-cost, high-volume access to the exploding world of telecommunications services that users increasingly rely on.

Now, leading experts in the field have come together to share their insights in a single volume, explaining the past, present, and future of all the DSL technologies. Understanding Digital Subscriber Line Technology:

• Covers the entire DSL family, from ISDN at 144 kb/s to VDSL at 52 Mb/s
• Details DSL at all layers of protocol, with special emphasis on the physical layer
• Discusses applications from both provider and end-user points of view
• Gives an insider's view of the telecommunications standards process

Key standards are explained, including transmission line characteristics, data rates, modulation and coding methods, operations procedures, transconvergence layers, protocols, and network architectures.

With its inside track and extensive level of detail, Understanding Digital Subscriber Line Technology will be indispensable to telecom and datacom engineers at every level. It also offers a comprehensible explanation of issues in this growing field to managers, marketing experts, and consumers of DSL technology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0137805454
• ISBN 13: 9780137805457
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 496