A good concise overview that puts ADSL in context

This book provides a concise, readable treatment of ADSL, and is useful in placing ADSL within the context of a total implementation. The book begins with a short, intuitive treatment of analog and digital communications that highlight some of the key design issues. Then there is a good survey of alternative DSL techniques. Chapter 3 covers the ADSL transmission technology. At only 20 pages, the chapter necessarily sticks to a concise overview. The reader looking for a detailed examination of ADSL will not find it here. However, the remainder of the book looks at other communications design issues that must be addressed in implementing ADSL. This include the communications software that rides on top of the ADSL physical layer, the buffering required at each end of the line, signaling protocols, and interface chipset design. The book also introduces the topic of ATM over ADSL and looks at the issues involved there. For the reader looking for this type of broad treatment, covering related issues as well as ADSL design, this book is a good choice.

Other Reviews

• A very good technical overview of ADSL systems
• A good concise overview that puts ADSL in context
• Not your usual xDSL book...
• Not much on ADSl. What is there is not written well.