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Digital subscriber line

Digital subscriber line (DSL), originally digital subscriber loop, is a family of technologies that are used to transmit digital data over telephone lines. In telecommunications marketing, the term DSL is widely understood to mean asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL), the most commonly installed DSL technology, for Internet access.

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Typical setup

Protocols and configurations

Transmission modulation methods

DSL technologies

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Digital subscriber line

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Digital subscriber line

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related to DSL technologies · 39
Digital subscriber line → Access Networks, Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line, ADSL, ADSL2, ANSI, ANSI T1, Approved, Bonded DSL Rings, December, DMT, DSL, DSL Rings, Ethernet, Gbit/s, HDSL, HDSL2, HDSL4, IDSL, ISDN, ISDN-based
related to history · 24
Digital subscriber line → ADSL, AT, BBC, Bell Labs, Bellcore, CCITT, DSL, Employees, Gaussian, However, IDSL, In, Initially, Integrated Services Digital Network, ISDN, ITU-T, MHz, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, One, Pontop Pike
related to Further reading · 13
Digital subscriber line → Dave Burstein, DSL, International Engineering Consortium, ISBN, ITU-T, John Wiley, Overview, Recommendations, Retrieved, September, Sons, Subscriber Line, Sup50
related to Typical setup · 8
Digital subscriber line → DSL, DSLAM, It, On, PCs, The, The DSLAM, This

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dsl subscriber telephone digital line adsl service data modem lines customer technology pair services local loop equipment voice dslam network

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high bit rate digital subscriber lineinstance ofEngineers developed high-speed DSL facilities0.80text
an Internet service provider or other network servicesinstance ofa subscriber can connect to a service0.80text
like a corporate MPLS network.The underlying technology of transport across DSL facilities uses modulation of high-frequency carrier wavesinstance ofa subscriber can connect to a service0.80text
an analog signal transmissioninstance ofa subscriber can connect to a service0.80text
a PON network or Ethernetinstance ofwhere they are handed off to other networking transports0.80text
Ethernet or V.35instance ofusing protocols0.80text
DHCP or PPPoEinstance ofusing protocols0.80text
LTE to increase bandwidthinstance ofbackward compatible with all DMT standardsHybrid Access Networks combine existing xDSL deployments with a wireless network0.80text
quality of experience by balancing the traffic over the two access networks.The line-length limitations from telephone exchange to subscriber impose severe limits on data transmission ratesinstance ofbackward compatible with all DMT standardsHybrid Access Networks combine existing xDSL deployments with a wireless network0.80text
VDSL provide very high-speed but short-range linksinstance ofTechnologies0.80text
Digital subscriber linerelated to DSL technologiesDSL0.60section
Digital subscriber linerelated to DSL technologiesSymmetric0.60section

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