Receiver for a home phone-lines LAN system

Abstract

A receiver in a home phone-lines local area network system is proposed. The receiver can distinguish a valid signal and a collision backoff signal from noises in real time. The receiver for a home phone-lines LAN system comprises a QAM demodulator, an equalizer, a deconstellation, and a transmission data reading device. The receiver further comprises a signal match filter module and a detector. The signal match filter module comprises an adder and at least a cross-correlator. The adder adds the “I” signal and “Q” signal outputted from the QAM demodulator and outputs a combined signal. The cross-correlator performs match operation, such as a comparison operation or a correlation operation, of the combined signal and an identification value and outputs a match value to the detector. Since the signal match filter module connects directly to the output of QAM demodulator, it can immediately identify the identification code TRN16 contained in the received signal. The detector compares the match value with a threshold value and determines whether the received signal frame is a collision backoff signal frame or a valid signal frame. When continuous identification codes TRN16 are detected, the received signal frame is a valid signal frame; whereas when a single identification code TRN16 is detected, the received signal frame is a collision backoff signal frame.

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