Nortel Networks 8600 Network Router User Manual


 
About the HotWire 8600 DSLAM
1-2
8600-A2-GN20-20
October 1997
The following illustration shows a high-level view of a HotWire configuration:
NOTE:
You may make cable connections from a DSL card directly to a Main
Distribution Frame (MDF) or through a POTS splitter to an MDF, but not both.
Legend: DSL - Digital Subscriber Line RTU - Remote Termination Unit
MDF - Main Distribution Frame POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service
IPC - Interworking Packet Concentrator
* Optional
DSL
CARD
DSLAM
Central Office (CO)
97-15674-01
Customer Premises (CP)
CO
Switch
Ethernet
RTU
*CP
POTS
Splitter
*CO
POTS
Splitter
MDF
POTS/DSL
HotWire
8200
IPC
Voice
Interface
Data
Interface
POTS
Network
Service
Provider