The Digital Subscriber Line Comprehensive Report 2000

Format: Softcover, 219 pages
ISBN: 0-933217-77-3
Price: $495

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part I: Business and Economic Issues of xDSL

• DSL: Branding for Success
• DSL Market Acceleration—Issues and Predictions
• The Power of DSL
• Managing the Copper Loop in the 21st Century: Automated Loop Management System within a Competitive Central Office Environment
• What's Next in ADSL?
• The Many Voices of DSL—Marketing Strategies for Voice over DSL
• Multimedia for the Mass Market
• Branding DSL

Part II: Deployment Issues and Results

• Real-World DSL Deployment Issues
• SNAP.com
• An International View of xDSL
• The Accurate Database—A Prerequisite for xDSL Mass Deployment
• Solving the ADSL Deployment Dilemma
• Challenges of DSL Provisioning
• A Dose of Reality
• Providing Ubiquitous DSL Service

Part III: Technology and Architectures

• Understanding DSL
• Scalability and xDSL Technologies
• XDSL versus Competing Technologies
• Last Mile Frame Relay
• Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
• DSL: The Current State of the Market and Technology
• Connecting the Home Network to the Outside World
• VDSL for International Full-Service Access Networks

Part IV: Services, Applications, and End-User Requirements

• Service Management and Selection
• A New Spin on High-Speed Access to Multiple Services over xDSL
• Quality-of-Service in Heterogeneous Networks
• Beyond Subscriber Aggregation
• End-to-End Performance Testing of xDSL Networks
• Customer Satisfaction in a Multiparty Environment
• Customer-Service Satisfaction
• Quality of Service in DSL Networks
• ADSL Services and Solutions

Part V: Standards, Regulation, and Compatibility Issues

• Ensuring Network Performance for High-Speed Internet Access
• G.lite Status Update
• Quality-of-Service Building Blocks in Internet and Asynchronous Transfer Mode Standards
• ITU International Standards (Recommendations) Status
• The Regulatory Environment for xDSL Services
• DSL Regulatory Issues: A Competitor's Perspective