xDSL Testing on the BSTS Application Note 
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Date: August 2000

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xDSL technology is becoming a very popular access technology. Many businesses and individuals require a way to help cater for their ever-increasing bandwidth needs without the cost associated with laying expensive new fiber links. xDSL offers end users downstream rates between 10-40 times better than would be available through a normal dial up modem.

Topics covered in this application note include the following:

• Network Architecture
• Test Requirements
• The BSTS
• Test Scenarios
• Network Management System (NMS) Testing
• TM4.1 Traffic Testing
• Reference Information