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Broadcom is anticipating the convergence of Ethernet-based wireless and wireline networks with a DSL chipset that comes with its own production-ready reference design platform and firmware.
The multi-line digital subscriber line (DSL) terminal chipset and reference design uses ADSL2+/VDSL2, vectoring and channel bonding technologies to increases the capacity of Ethernet-over-copper.
Broadcom claimed rates can approach 1Gbit/s for the BCM96519 multi-line DSL chipset.
According to Greg Fischer, v-p and general manager in Broadcom’s broadband carrier access business, there is a move toward the IP-based convergence of wireless radio access networks and fixed broadband access networks.
“Carriers and service providers can leverage both their existing copper infrastructure and installed access concentrators to reliably enable higher speed wireless and wireline services with minimal capital expenditures,” said Fischer.