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Table of Contents:

Definition and Overview

1. Introduction

2. ISDN

3. HDSL

4. SDSL

5. CAP RADSL

6. DMT ADSL

7. Spectral Compatibility of CAP RADSL with DMT ADSL

8. T1 AMI

9. Summary

10. Appendix

11. References

Self-Test

Glossary

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ADSL
asymmetric DSL

AMI
alternate mark inversion

AWG
American wire gauge

BER
bit error rate

CAP
carrierless amplitude and phase modulation

CSA
carrier serving area

DDS
digital data service

DLC
digital loop carrier

DMT
discrete multitone

DSL
digital subscriber line

EC
echo canceled

FDM
frequency division multiplexing

FEXT
far end crosstalk

HDSL
high-data-rate DSL

ISDN
integrated services digital network

MSDSL
multirate symmetric digital subscriber line

NEXT
near-end crosstalk

POTS
plain old telephone service

PSD
power spectral density

RADSL
rate adaptive DSL

RRD
revised resistance design

SNEXT
self-near-end crosstalk

SNR
signal-to-noise ratio