Feasibility and challenges of DSL loop make-up identification via single-ended line tests

• Autorzy: Neus C. , Foubert W. , Rolian Y. , Maes J. , Van Biesen L.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Digital subscriber lines (DSL) offer the possibility to deliver broadband services over the existing telephone network. Yet, before deploying DSL, the subscriber loops must be tested to see if they can support high-speed data services, and at what rate. Single-ended automatic qualification is essential to achieve low-cost deployment of DSL, since it allows loops to be qualified in bulk without human intervention at the customer's location. An even more ambitious challenge is to fully characterize the loop, i.e. to identify its composition completely (number of loop sections, length and cable type of each section). This paper discusses the feasibility and the challenges of loop make-up identification via single-ended measurements.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL); Single-Ended Line Testing (SELT); reflectometry; near-end reflection; dispersion

• Wydawca: Komitet Metrologii i Aparatury Naukowej PAN
• Czasopismo: Metrology and Measurement Systems
• Rocznik: 2008
• Tom: Vol. 15, nr 4
• Strony: 473--484
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 15 poz., rys., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Neus C.

autor

Foubert W.

autor

Rolian Y.

autor

Maes J.

autor

Van Biesen L.

• Department of Fundamental Electricity and Instrumentation, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium,

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