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DSL Advances
By Thomas Starr, Massimo Sorbara, John M. Cioffi, Peter J. Silverman

Publisher	: Prentice Hall PTR
Pub Date	: December 26, 2002
ISBN	: 0-13-093810-6
Pages	: 576
Slots	: 2

Prentice Hall PTR Communications Engineering and Emerging Technologies Series

About Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Introduction to DSL

Section 1.1. The Telephone Loop Plant

Section 1.2. DSL Reference Model

Section 1.3. The Family of DSL Technologies

Section 1.4. DSL Protocol Reference Model

Chapter 2. Review of Transmission Fundamentals for DSLs

Section 2.1. Introduction

Section 2.2. Baseband Transmission

Section 2.3. Passband Transmission

Section 2.4. Equalization

Section 2.5. Discrete Multichannel Transmission (DMT)

Section 2.6. Impairment Modeling

References

Chapter 3. ADSL

Section 3.1. Basic Performance Enhancement

Section 3.2. CODING

Section 3.3. Swapping and Advanced Swapping/Loading Methods

Section 3.4. RF Issues

Section 3.5. The Analog Front End (AFE)

Section 3.6. Other Wiring Issues

Section 3.7. All-Digital Loop

Section 3.8. ADSL2 Summary

References

Chapter 4. HDSL and Second-Generation HDSL (HDSL2)

Section 4.1. Review of First-Generation HDSL

Section 4.2. Second-Generation HDSL (HDSL2)

Section 4.3. Initialization

Section 4.4. SHDSL AND HDSL4

References

Chapter 5. Handshake for the ITU-T Suite of DSL Systems

Section 5.1. Handshake Modulation Method

Section 5.2. Messages and Commands

Section 5.3. G.hs Frame Structure

Section 5.4. Information Field Structure

Section 5.5. Parameter Data Structure

Section 5.6. Transmission Order of the Parameters

Section 5.7. Identification (I) Field

Section 5.8. Standard Information Field

Section 5.9. Nonstandard Information Field

Section 5.10. Message Composition

Section 5.12. G.hs Start-Up/Clear-Down Procedures

References

Chapter 6. Single-Pair High-Speed Digital Subscriber Line (SHDSL)

Section 6.1. Applications of SHDSL

Section 6.2. Standards for Multirate SHDSL

Section 6.3. System Functional Reference Model

Section 6.4. HDSL4

Section 6.5. SHDSL Transceiver Operations

Section 6.6. SHDSL Performance

Section 6.7. CORE SHDSL Framer (PMS-TC)

Section 6.8. Timing Configurations

Section 6.9. Application Specific Framing (TPS-TC)

Section 6.10. Initialization

References

Chapter 7. VDSL

Section 7.1. Basic VDSL Concepts

Section 7.2. Applications and Their Interfaces

Section 7.3. DMT Physical Layer Standard

Section 7.4. Multiple-QAM Approaches and Standards

Section 7.5. Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM)

References

Chapter 8. Unbundling and Line Sharing

Section 8.1. Overview

Section 8.2. U.S. Regulatory Process

Section 8.3. Unbundling

Section 8.4. Line Sharing

Section 8.5. Unbundling and DLC-Fed Lines

Section 8.6. Unbundling and Network Operations

Chapter 9. Spectral Compatibility of DSL Systems

Section 9.1. The Loop Plant Environment

Section 9.2. Crosstalk in the Loop Plant

Section 9.3. Next vs. Fext

Section 9.4. The "Primary" DSL Signal Spectra

Section 9.5. Computation of Spectral Compatibility

Section 9.6. Spectral Compatibility of the DSL Systems

Section 9.7. Summary

References

Chapter 10. Spectrum Management of DSL Systems

Section 10.1. Spectrum Management Background

Section 10.2. The Concept of Spectrum Management

Section 10.3. The Basis Systems

Section 10.4. Spectral Compatibility via Method of Signal Power Limitations (Method A)

Section 10.5. Foundation for Determining Acceptable Levels for Spectral Compatibility

Section 10.6. The Spectrum Management Classes

Section 10.7. Technology-Specific Guidelines

Section 10.8. Analytical Method (Method B)

References

Chapter 11. Dynamic Spectrum Management (DSM)

Section 11.1. DSL Unbundling Evolution

Section 11.2. Multiuser Basics

Section 11.3. Spectral Balancing (Iterative Water-Filling)

Section 11.4. Vectoring

Section 11.5. MIMO Channel Identification

Section 11.6. Predictions for the DSL Age

Appendix 11AMultiuser Detection

References

Chapter 12. Customer Premises Networking

Section 12.1. Home Network Media

Section 12.2. Inside Telephone Wiring and ADSL

Section 12.3. Inside Telephone Wire-Based Home Networks

Section 12.4. Coax Cable-Based Home Networks

Section 12.5. AC Power Wiring-Based Home Networks

Section 12.6. Dedicated Data Home Networks

Section 12.7. Radio LAN Home Networks

Section 12.8. Infrared Home Networks

Chapter 13. DSL CPE Autoconfiguration

Section 13.1. An Overview of the Problem of DSL Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) MAnagement and Configuration

Section 13.2. Relationship Between the Stack, the Network, and the CPE Configuration

Section 13.3. Standards for Autoconfiguration of DSL CPE

Section 13.4. The DSL Forum Framework for Autoconfiguration

References

Chapter 14. Network Aspects

Section 14.1. Evaluation of Protocol Stacks for DSL

Section 14.2. ATM-Based Environments

Section 14.3. Ethernet Directly Over DSL

References

Chapter 15. DSL and Security

Section 15.1. General Security Issues for Broadband Services

Section 15.2. DSL-Specific Security Advantages

Chapter 16. Voice-over DSL (VoDSL)

Section 16.1. The History of DSL and Telephony

Section 16.2. What is Voice-over DSL?

Section 16.3. Telephony and Its Rapid Evolution

Section 16.4. VoDSL Architectures

Section 16.5. The Appeal of Voice-over DSL

Section 16.6. Service Models by Carriers

Section 16.7. Standards Efforts for VoDSL

References

Chapter 17. Standards

Section 17.1. ITU

Section 17.2. Committee T1

Section 17.3. ETSI

Section 17.4. DSL Forum

Section 17.5. ATM Forum

Section 17.6. Broadband Content Delivery Forum

Section 17.7. Telemanagement Forum

Section 17.8. DAVIC

Section 17.9. IETF

Section 17.10. EIA/TIA

Section 17.11. IEEE

Section 17.12. The Value of Standards and Participation in Their Development

Section 17.13. The Standards Process

Appendix A. Overview of Telco Operations Support Systems

The ITU's TMN (Telecommunications Management Network) Recommendations

Appendix B. A Photographic Tour of the Telephone Company Network

Glossary

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