Method and apparatus for designing an improved transmit signal for use in a single ended line test (selt)
AssigneeIkanos Communications, Inc.
InventorsRobin LEVONAS, Vipin PATHAK
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Abstract
The present invention relates to methods and apparatuses of using a novel transmit signal that can be used to improve performance of various loop diagnostic features of SELT. In embodiments, a novel transmit signal uses a wide contiguous band of tones that includes frequencies in both upstream and downstream bands. In these and other embodiments of the invention, the SELT transmit signal is designed such that any crosstalk noise in adjacent lines appears as a burst of noise that falls within the limits of the FEC settings of the system such that it can be fully corrected without harming the performance of modems connected on the adjacent lines.
Claims20
A method for examining a line coupled to a modem in a discrete multi-tone (DMT) communications system, comprising:
- transmitting from the modem a test signal using tones in both upstream and downstream frequency bands of the DMT communications system;
- receiving a reflection of the test signal at the modem;
- and
- analyzing the reflection to identify impairments in the line.
An apparatus for examining a line coupled to a modem in a communications system, comprising:
- a SELT block that transmits from the modem a test signal using tones in both upstream and downstream frequency bands of the DMT communications system and receives a reflection of the test signal at the modem;
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- an analysis engine that analyzes the reflection to identify impairments in the line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.