References
ADSL Forum document 97-215. "An Interoperable End-to-End Broadband Service Architecture over ADSL Systems, Version 3.0." December 1997.
Allan, Dave (Northern Telecom). "Topics in DSLAM Architecture." ADSL Forum 96-130: December 1996.
Dugerdil, Bernard. "ADSL Access Network Reference Model." ATM Forum 95-0610: June 1995.
Modlin, C.S. "ATM Over ADSL and VDSL: PMD Specific Attributes That Affect the Network." ATM Forum 97-0156 February 1997.
Rahmanian, Shahbaz. "Impact of the ADSL Rate Adaptation on QoS." ATM Forum 96-115: December 1996.
Articles
Cioffi, John, Vladimir Oksman, Jean-Jacques Werner, Thierry Pollet, Paul Spruyt, Jacky Chow, and Krista Jacobsen. "Very-High-Speed Digital Subscriber Lines." IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol 37, No. 4: April 1999.
Goralski, Walter, "xDSL Loop Qualification and Testing," IEEE Communications Magazine, Volume 37, No. 5: May 1999
Issa and Bieda. "The G.DMT and G.Lite Recommendations, Part 1." Communications Systems Design Magazine, Vol 5, No. 5: May 1999.
Kwok, Tim. "Residential Broadband Architecture Over ADSL and G.Lite (G.992.2):PPP Over ATM." IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol 37, No. 5: May 1999.
Kyees, Phil, Ronald McConnell, and Kamran Sistanizadeh. "ADSL: A New Twisted-Pair Access to the Information Highway." IEEE Communications, Vol 33, No. 4: April 1995.
Saltzberg, Burton. "Comparison of Single-Carrier and Multitone Digital Modulation for ADSL Applications", IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 36, No. 11: November 1998
Internet Resources
The Web home of the ADSL Forum; points to other ADSL sites as well
www.adsl.com/vdsl_tutorial.html
VDSL tutorial from the ADSL Forum
www.analog.com/publications/whitepapers/whitepaper_html/content.html
The DMT versus CAP argument according to Analog Devices
Use search engine to find ADSL Technology Glossary and other backgrounders
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
Home page of the VDSL Coalition
www.interconnection.bellsouth.com/products/pdf_coll/adsl_dep.pdf
The Bell South loop qualification summary
www.cs.tut.fi/tlt/stuff/adsl/pt_adsl.html
A dated but relevant ADSL tutorial from the Tampere Institute of Technology, Finland
FCC Common Carrier Bureau, responsible for regulating telephone company activities
Hearings of the FCC, recorded and available via RealAudio, with testimony from telephone company and CLEC executives regarding loop qualification and binder group interference
Telecommunications Act of 1996, with proceedings
frcatel.utc.sk/hwb/ta_AWG.html
Table showing wire gauge versus resistance
ftp.t1.org/pub/t1e1/e1.4/dir98/8e140075.pdf
ADSL standard according to ANSI T1E1
U.S. high-speed services by area code
www.labs.bt.com/profsoc/access/vdsl.htm
British Telecom and partners on VDSL
www.paradyne.com/sourcebook_offer
xDSL overview according to Paradyne
UK consulting firm with DSL rollout news
NTT Japan's home page, with information on the company's ADSL trials and plans