SCHEDULE 
Wednesday, 10 September 2003 | 10.45 - 12.15
C4 - Advancing DSL: Driving the Technology That Delivers the Bandwidth
This session will update attendees on recent advances in DSL technology that increase performance and bit rates. The focus is primarily on those techniques and technologies that are in the process of being standardized. The speakers will address the topics of dynamic spectrum management, which promises significant gains in DSL bit rates through advanced signal processing; progression of symmetrical DSLs, including M2DSL and enhanced SHDSL, which increase the bit rates provided by symmetrical technologies; progression of asymmetrical DSLs, including ADSL2+, READSL, and ADSL++, which increase the bit rate and reach of ADSL; and VDSL, which provides higher bit rates on shorter loops and has been a key topic in standards in 2003.
Chairperson
Krista Jacobsen, Senior Staff Engineer, Broadband Communications Group, Texas Instruments, is currently responsible for determining and leading the execution of Texas Instruments' xDSL standards strategy. She held a National Science Foundation graduate fellowship from 1991 to 1994, an IEEE Communications Society scholarship in 1993, and an IBM graduate fellowship from 1994 to 1995.
Speakers
William Abbott, Manager, DSL Systems Engineering, Broadband Communications Group, Texas Instruments, is currently leading the DSL systems engineering group.
John Cioffi, Hitachi America Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, is on the boards of directors of Marvell, IteX, Teknovus, Clariphy, and Teranetics.
Kevin Foster, Manager of Advanced Copper Technologies, BTexact Technologies, is responsible for leading the Advanced Copper Technologies Unit, which provides DSL Engineering services to the BT Group.
Kevin Schneider, Vice President, Technology, ADTRAN, has been involved in the development of DSL and Local-Loop Spectrum Compatibility standards in T1E1.4.
Massimo Sorbara, Manager, Standards Development, Technical Development, GlobespanVirata, is currently the chair of the T1E1.4 Working Group in Committee T1.
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