Table of Contents:

Definition and Overview

1. Introduction

2. Full-Service Broadband Network

3. FSAN

4. Technology Standards

5. VDSL Access Technology

6. VDSL–Based Service Sets

7. Deployment Scenarios

8. Summary and Conclusion

Self-Test

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Definition
The most promising technology capable of delivering full-service access is very-high-data-rate digital subscriber line (VDSL). VDSL is both symmetric and asymmetric and provides up to 52 Mbps of bandwidth over voice on a single twisted-pair copper loop.

Overview
This tutorial explores VDSL technology in detail, with emphasis on its potential benefits, existing standards, and deployment status. VDSL technology provides the telco with the ability to create the type of business that is critical for success in the new millennium. Those service providers that can deliver full narrowband and broadband services consisting of voice, data, and video will be the dominating forces in the industry today and tomorrow.