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COVER PAGE i
CERTIFICATE ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iii
ABSTRACT iv
CONTENTS v-vi
LIST OF FIGURES vii
LIST OF TABLE viii
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1-2
1.1 What is it? 1
1.2 What different types are there? 2
CHAPTER 2 THE INNER WORKING 3-8
2.1 WHAT IS IT ? 3
2.2 How it works 4
2.2.1 POTS 4
2.2.2 modems 5
2.2.3 Signal Splitting 5
2.2.4 CAP 6
2.2.5 DMT 6
2.3 DSL Hardware/equipment 7
2.3.1 DSL Transceiver 7
2.3.2 DSLAM 8
CHAPTER 3 VARIOUS APPLICATIONS OF ADSL 9-10
3.1 Introduction 9-10
CHAPTER 4 TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION 11-13
4.1 Introduction 11-13
CHAPTER 5 COMPETITORS & COMPARISON 14-17

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 5.1 How it compares 14
5.2 The strengths
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5.2.1 Always-On Service
5.2.2 Phone/Internet Simultaneously 15
5.2.3. Speed 15
5.2.4. Dedicated Connection 15
5.2.5. Existing infrastructure 15
5.2.6. Costs are incremental 16
5.2.7. Integrated diagnostics and maintenance 16
features
5.3 The weaknesses
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5.3.1 Maximum range
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5.3.2 Asynchronous
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5.3.3 Not available everywhere
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CHAPTER 6 THE CURRENT & FUTURE STATUS 18-20

6.1. The current uses 18
6.2. The current usage 18
6.3. The future of ADSL 19

CONCLUSION 21
REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY 22

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 LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE NO. TITLE OF FIGURE PAGE NO.

Fig.1.1 Adsl connection 5

Fig.2.1 DSLAM customer connection 9
Fig. 4.1 DSL line 11
Fig. 4.2 ADSL Channel Configurations 15
Fig. 4.3 FDM for ADSL 16

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 LIST OF TABLE

TABLE NO. TITLE OF TABLE PAGE NO.

3.1 Modem Type Download Speed 9

4.1 Characteristics of ADSL (Karpinski 26) 13

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