DSL

DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER
LINK
DSL
• Digital subscriber line (DSL) is a technology that provides
digital data transmission over the existing wires of local
telephone network.
• DSL service is delivered simultaneously with regular telephone
on the same telephone line.
• This is possible because DSL uses a higher frequency .
• Digital subscriber line (DSL) is a broadband high-speed internet
technology that brings high-bandwidth information to home and
offices over ordinary copper telephone lines.
KEY FEATURES OF DSL
Distance
Internet connection is always ON.
Simultaneous use of the phone line for voice as well as data
traffic.

Internet connection is highly reliable and secure.

High Speed
TYPES OF DSL
ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line)
VDSL (Very high-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line)
SDSL (Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line)
RADSL (Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line)
HDSL (High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line)
ISDN DSL (Integrated Service Digital Network)
ASYMMETRIC DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINK

• Most home and small business users typically use ADSL.

• The transfer of data from the internet to PC is much faster
than the transfer from PC to internet.
• Downstream speeds for ADSL range from 1.59 Mbps, while
upstream speeds are up to 1.5 Mbps., for a distance of 18,000
feet from the service providers.
VERY HIGH-BIT-RATE DIGITAL
SUBSCRIBER LINE (VDSL)
Very high-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL)
are digital subscriber line (DSL) technologies providing
data transmission faster than Asymmetric Digital
Subscriber Line.
VDSL offers speed of up to 52Mbps downstream and
16Mbps upstream over a single flat untwisted pair of
copper wires using the frequency band from 25 kHz to 12
MHz