1. Hotwire DSL System Description
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April 2001 8000-A2-GB26-50
The following illustration shows a typical configuration for a Hotwire 8820
GranDSLAM chassis.
The following illustration shows a typical Hotwire configuration using IDSL cards.
The minimum hardware requirements for a Hotwire DSL system consists of the
following components:
One Hotwire chassis
Management card(s)
DSL card(s)
Legend: DSL – Digital Subscriber Line IPC – Interworking Packet Concentrator
MDF – Main Distribution Frame POTS – Plain Old Telephone Service
SN – Service Node
GranDSLAM
Central Office (CO)
00-16659
Customer Premises (CP)
ATM
SN
CP
POTS
Splitter
CO
POTS
Splitter
MDF
POTS/DSL
Hotwire
IPC
Voice
Interface
Data
Interface
POTS
Network
Service
Provider
Optional
Optional
Switched
Network
DSL
CARD
SCM
Legend: BRITE – Basic Rate Interface Transmission Extension
COT – Central Office Terminal
DSL – Digital Subscriber Line
RT – Remote Terminal
DSLAM
Central Office (CO)
00-16698-01
Customer Premises (CP)
SN
COT
T1 or
Fiber
Data
Interface
Network
Service
Provider
Channel
Bank
BRITE
RT
BRITE
DSL
CARD
Twisted
Pair
Wire
Digital Loop
Carrier (DLC)