Total ADSL

Description

ADSL training course description

An introduction to ATM.

What will you learn

• Recognise the benefits of ADSL.
• Describe what ADSL is.
• Describe how ADSL works.
• Describe the ADSL architecture
• Recognise the limitations of ADSL.
• List the elements required for an ADSL installation.

ADSL training course details

ADSL training course contents

• What is ADSL?

Broadband definitions, OSI layer 1, ADSL services, WANS. ADSL features: always on, point to point, Asymmetric, speeds. ADSL benefits, xDSL family, standards, history, example DSL forum documents.

• ADSL architecture

The big picture, The PSTN and telephones, Digital and analogue, PSTN and modems, ADSL vs. modem speeds, Block 1: Customer premises, Block 2: The last mile, Block 3: The exchange, Block 4: the core network.

• Customer premises

Splitters, micro filters, splitter architectures, Splitterless ADSL, ADSL modems, USB, ADSL routers.

• The local loop

ADSL PHY, Some basics, ADSL margins, speed implications, distances, RADSL, Line testing, whoosh tests, line coding, multiple channels, FDM, echo cancellation, Modulation: AM, FM, PM, QAM, QAM constellations, DMT, CAP, Framing, Superframes, fast data mode, interleaved mode, RADSL revisited.

• The local loop

ADSL PHY, Some basics, ADSL margins, speed implications, distances, RADSL, Line testing, whoosh tests, line coding, multiple channels, FDM, echo cancellation, Modulation: AM, FM, PM, QAM, QAM constellations, DMT, CAP, Framing, Superframes, fast data mode, interleaved mode, RADSL revisited.

• The exchange

Local exchange ADSL items, DSLAMs, ADSL racks, Contention.

• The core network

The role of the core network, ATM, ATM VPI/VCI, ATM cells, ATM layers, AAL5, RAS, Home gateways.

• ADSL and the higher layers

Layer 2 choices, PPPoA, PPP, CHAP, layer 4 and above, ADSL and IP, ADSL and ATM.

• Installing and configuring ADSL

Choosing providers, line activation, hardware requirements, Configuring layer 1 and layer 2, Configuring IP.

• Summary

ITU ADSL standards.