In this session, we introduce and discuss new high-bandwidth DSL technologies, such as VDSL2 and UDSL (Uni-DSL), which are backwards compatible with operators´ current infrastructure and will make it possible to add competitive video service revenue to their existing data and voice services. The UDSL technology, for example, raises the bandwidth of DSL to the level necessary to deliver High Definition Television (HDTV) and other advanced video services, as well as voice and data, throughout the home with limited fiber deployment. The backwards compatibility of UDSL-based head-end equipment will also allow operators to affordably deploy a flexible menu of services using ADSL, ADSL2, and VDSL2 CPEs and residential gateways coupled with a single line card design in the central office or cross connect cabinet in the field.

Peter S. Chow
Chief Technology Officer, DSL Business Unit
Texas Instruments

Dr. Peter Chow is the chief technical officer of Texas Instruments' DSL Business Unit, where he is responsible for the technology vision and definition of TI's DSL strategy and roadmap. Prior to becoming CTO, Dr. Chow managed TI's central office engineering team, responsible for the development of all CO DSL products at TI. Dr. Chow has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and he holds several patents relating to the core DSL technology.

Steve Bieser, DSL CPE Engineering Manager, Texas Instruments

Wayne Daniel, Chief Technologist, Siemens Subscriber Networks, oversees innovation management, technology assessment, and guidance for broadband customer premises equipment, including DSL modems, routers, and residential gateways. Mr. Daniel represents Siemens in industry standards organizations such as the DSL Forum and, previously, the ATM Forum.

Eugene L. Edmon, Executive Director, Broadband Access, SBC Laboratories, leads the group responsible for all broadband access solutions, including all the flavors of DSL used for consumer and business services, all access fiber technologies, and systems built on those physical layers. Dr. Edmon has been with SBC since 1994 in various capacities and was heavily involved in the early stages of DSL. He has been a key SBC management member of standards groups such as FSAN and FS-VDSL and has responsibility for SMEs at The DSL Forum, T1E1, and other organizations. Prior to SBC, he worked at Bell Labs for 10 years on data communications, operations systems, and telecommunication products. He has Ph.D. and M.S. degrees.