Method and apparatus for reducing the power of a signal electromagnetically coupled from a plc medium to a dsl medium

A method for reducing a power of a signal electromagnetically coupled from a PLC medium to a digital subscriber line (DSL) medium, comprising:

• transmitting a data signal over the PLC medium at a first average power level from one of a plurality of PLC transmitters coupled to the PLC medium;
• measuring first noise associated with a first signal received at a DSL receiver coupled to the DSL communication medium caused at least in part by the data signal transmission over the PLC medium at the first average power level;
• transmitting a data signal over the PLC medium at a second average power level from the one PLC transmitter, the second average power level different than the first average power level;
• measuring second noise associated with a second signal received at the DSL receiver coupled to the DSL communication medium caused at least in part by the data signal transmission over the PLC medium at the second average power level;
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• changing a transmit power spectral density (PSD) for the data signal transmitted by the one PLC transmitter over the PLC medium, based on a difference between the first noise and the second noise, such that the changed transmit PSD for the data signal transmitted by the one PLC transmitter over the PLC medium reduces the power of the signal electromagnetically coupled from the PLC medium to the DSL medium caused by the data signal transmission from the one PLC transmitter over the PLC medium.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions and data that when accessed cause a programmable processor to perform operations that reduce a power of a signal electromagnetically coupled from a PLC medium to a digital subscriber line (DSL) medium, the operations comprising:

• transmitting a data signal over the PLC medium at a first average power level from one of a plurality of PLC transmitters coupled to the PLC medium;
• measuring first noise associated with a first signal received at a DSL receiver coupled to the DSL communication medium caused at least in part by the data signal transmission over the PLC medium at the first average power level;
• transmitting a data signal over the PLC medium at a second average power level from the one PLC transmitter, the second average power level different than the first average power level;
• measuring second noise associated with a second signal received at the DSL receiver coupled to the DSL communication medium caused at least in part by the data signal transmission over the PLC medium at the second average power level;
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• changing a transmit power spectral density (PSD) for the data signal transmitted by the one PLC transmitter over the PLC medium, based on a difference between the first noise and the second noise, such that the changed transmit PSD for the data signal transmitted by the one PLC transmitter over the PLC medium reduces the power of the signal electromagnetically coupled from the PLC medium to the DSL medium caused by the data signal transmission from the one PLC transmitter over the PLC medium.

A system for reducing a power of a signal electromagnetically coupled from a PLC medium to a digital subscriber line (DSL) medium, comprising:

• one of a plurality of PLC transmitters coupled to the PLC medium to transmit a data signal over the PLC medium at a first average power level;
• a node coupled to the DSL medium measuring first noise associated with a first signal received at a DSL receiver coupled to the DSL communication medium caused at least in part by the data signal transmission over the PLC medium at the first average power level;
• the one PLC transmitter further transmitting a data signal over the PLC medium at a second average power level, the second average power level different than the first average power level;
• the node further measuring second noise associated with a second signal received at the DSL receiver coupled to the DSL communication medium caused at least in part by the data signal transmission over the PLC medium at the second average power level;
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• a network management node changing a transmit power spectral density (PSD) for the data signal transmitted by the one PLC transmitter over the PLC medium, based on a difference between the first noise and the second noise, such that the changed transmit PSD for the data signal transmitted by the one PLC transmitter over the PLC medium reduces the power of the signal electromagnetically coupled from the PLC medium to the DSL medium caused by the data signal transmission from the one PLC transmitter over the PLC medium.