Total ADSL

Description

An introduction to ATM.

What will you learn

ADSL training course details

Network engineers and anyone who will be working with ADSL.

Intro to data comms & networking

2 days

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

ITU ADSL standards.