Systems, methods and computer program products for data mode refinement of modem constellation points

Abstract

Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for refining constellation values in a Pulse Code Modulated (PCM) code point sequence of a PCM modem by averaging received levels associated with received symbols for a code point of interest received during data mode operation of the PCM modem so as to provide an average received level for the code point of interest and revising a constellation value corresponding to the code point of interest in the PCM code sequence based on the average received level for the code point of interest so as to provide a refined constellation value. Preferably, the averaging is performed by detecting that a symbol corresponding to the code point of interest has been received by the PCM modem and incorporating the received level of the symbol into a running sum of previously received levels for the symbol. If a predefined number of received levels have been incorporated into the running sum then the running sum is divided by the predefined number of receive levels. It is also preferred that, after determining the sum for the code point of interest, the running sum is set to zero and a new code point selected as the code point of interest.

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