Products & Services

August, 1997

New Rate Adaptive ADSL Announcement!

Rate Adaptive Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (RADSL) COE and CPE Products Added to Ascend's MultiDSL Family

With the introduction of RADSL, Ascend's MultiDSL solution allows the launching of multiple end-to-end DSL solutions tailored to customers needs, using carrier-class Ascend MAX access switches at the central office and Ascend Pipeline and DSLPipe products at remote sites.

Rate Adaptive ADSL (RADSL) features

• Optimizes line speeds to the best for the given operating conditions
• Transmits data downstream from the CO to the subscriber at speeds up to 7.0 Mbps and upstream up to 1.0 Mbps at distances up to 10,000 feet
• Transmits data downstream from the CO to the subscriber at speeds up to 640 Kbps and upstream up to 544 Kbps at distances up to 17,000 feet
• Lifeline POTS
• Both Central Office Equipment (COE) and Customer Premise Equipment (COE) provided
• Employs Carrierless Amplitude Phase (CAP) modulation technique*

RADSL Benefits

• Uses only single pair of copper wire
• Data and lifeline POTS over the same facility
• Ideal for residential user
  • Download lots of data but upload little data
• Ideal for campus environments and high rise buildings
  • High speed data transfer for limited distances
  • Provides secure data connectivity to multiple locations and clients
• Ideal for huge data transfer from the Internet
• Complements Ascend's IDSL and SDSL offerings in the MultiDSL family

Ordering Information

Part Number	Description
TNT-SL-ADSLC6	6 port ADSL (CAP) line card for MAX-TNT
ADSL-COE-C-E*	Standalone ADSL-CAP COE. Includes 1 ADSL-CAP port, 1 Ethernet Port, 1 console port and 220/240V power supply
DSL-ACAP-E	DSLPipe for ADSL CAP. Includes ADSL port, 1 Ethernet port, 1 console port and 220/240V power supply

Ascend Secure Access Firewall options available.

* Ideal for developing a subscriber base, for getting the RADSL service off the ground quickly, for technology trials or for connecting buildings within a campus