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US 2003/0223574 A1Published application
Distributed echo cancelling
AssigneeZarlink Semiconductor Inc.
InventorDieter Schulz
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Abstract
A distributed echo cancelling architecture is provided where echo-cancelling functions are performed at locations remote from devices receiving signals with echoes. The echo cancelling functions use a reference signal, which has been corrupted with the echoes at the devices, for echo cancellation. As echo canceller resources are located at a central system and not at each individual device, the echo canceller resources can therefore be shared between the devices.
Claims4
A distributed echo canceller, comprising
- a system for applying a signal (Ro) to a network, and for receiving a signal (Si,Ro′) from said network and canceling echoes therefrom using a modified version (Ro′) of said signal (Ro);
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- at least one device that is remote from the system over said network for (i) receiving and outputting said modified version (Ro′) of the signal (Ro) corrupted by transmission over the network, (ii) receiving a signal (Si) containing an echo of to said modified signal (Ro′), and (iii) combining and transmitting said signals (Si, Ro′) over the network to said system for echo cancellation of said signal (Si) using said modified signal (Ro′).
A method of distributed echo cancelling, comprising
- transmitting a first reference signal from a system to a network;
- receiving a second reference signal by at least one device that is remote from said system over said network, wherein the second reference signal comprises the first reference signal as modified by network effects due to transmission over the network;
- outputting said second reference signal from said at least one device;
- receiving within said at least one device a further signal containing an echo of said second reference signal;
- combining said further signal and said second reference signal at said at least one device;
- transmitting said combined signal from said at least one device to said network;
- receiving within said system the combined signal;
- splitting said second reference signal from said further signal;
- and
- canceling the echoes from said further signal using the second reference signal.
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