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US 7,925,935 B2Granted
Back channel communication
AssigneeIkanos Communications, Inc.
InventorsMassimo Sorbara, Patrick Duvaut, Yan Wu
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Abstract
Included are embodiments for back channel communication. At least one embodiment of a method includes receiving data at customer premises equipment and determining at least one error in the received data. Some embodiments include formatting the determined error for communication to a central office and sending the formatted error to the central office via a back channel.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- receiving data at customer premises equipment;
- determining at least one error in the received data;
- formatting the determined error for communication to a central office;
- and
- sending the formatted error to the central office via a back channel;
- wherein the formatted error is sent between a first sync frame and a second sync frame of a discrete multitone (DMT) superframe.
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A system comprising:
- a receiving component configured to receive data at customer premises equipment;
- a determining component configured to determine at least one error in the received data;
- a formatting component configured to format the determined error for communication to a central office;
- and
- a sending component configured to send the formatted error to the central office via a back channel;
- wherein the formatted error is sent between a first sync frame and a second sync frame of a discrete multitone (DMT) superframe.
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A system comprising:
- means for receiving data at customer premises equipment;
- means for determining at least one error in the received data;
- means for formatting the determined error for communication to a central office;
- and
- means for sending the formatted error to the central office via a back channel;
- wherein the formatted error is sent between a first sync frame and a second sync frame of a discrete multitone (DMT) superframe.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.