
ADSL, G.fast Comparison
Specifications
VDSL
G.fast
Full form
Very high bit rate digital subscriber line
Fast access to subscriber terminals
Frequency
Up to 30 MHz
2-106 MHz, 2-212 MHz (future)
Maximum data rate
100 Mbps in both upstream and downstream
(VDSL2)
1 Gbps over distance of 70 meters
800 Mbps over distance of 100 meters
500 Mbps over old shielded type of cable (distance
of 100 meters)
Modulation type
DMT (Discrete multi-tone modulation) e.g. OFDM
(Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing)
OFDM
Number of subcarriers
in a FFT
4000
2000 (in 106 MHz profile)
Duplexing method
FDD (Frequency Division Duplex)
TDD (Time Division Duplex)
OFDM symbol time
Approximately 250 µs (in 17 MHz profile)
Approximately 20 µs
Vectoring method
Using ITU-T G.993.5
Supported along with adaptations required for high
frequency
Transmit power
It depends on profile, 14.5 dBm
4 dBm
FEC type
RS Coding (Reed Solomon Coding), trellis coding
RS Coding (Reed Solomon Coding), trellis coding
Bits per DMT
frequency carrier
15 (in VDSL2)
12
Impulse Noise
Protection
Available in VDSL2
Available
Standard
ITU-T G.993.2, ITU-T G.993.5
ITU G.9700, G.9701
Bits per Tone Graph
MTTplus-_Test_Module
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