METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING THE PERFORMANCE OF WIDEBAND DIGITAL RF TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
First Claim
1. A method for enhancing the performance of a wideband digital RF transport system, the method comprising the steps of:
- inputting a plurality of bandwidths;
setting a serial data rate for serial transmission of said plurality of bandwidths;
adjusting said plurality of bandwidths based on said set serial data rate;
converting said plurality of bandwidths to a serial form;
converting said plurality of bandwidths in serial form to a plurality of coded signals; and
transmitting said plurality of coded signals on a transmission medium.
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Abstract
A method and system for enhancing the performance of wideband digital RF transport systems, which enables the selection of a serial data rate to be transported over a transport medium. Thus, the present invention allows the system to be adapted to different transport mediums, and allows the user to set the serial data rate based on the input bandwidth of the system. The present invention also enables the transport of different bandwidth segments on a plurality of wideband channels by selecting an optimal clock sample rate for each bandwidth segment to be transported. Thus, the present invention allocates the bandwidth segments proportionally so that an optimum amount of bandwidth can be transported at the serial bit rate.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for enhancing the performance of a wideband digital RF transport system, the method comprising the steps of:
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inputting a plurality of bandwidths; setting a serial data rate for serial transmission of said plurality of bandwidths; adjusting said plurality of bandwidths based on said set serial data rate; converting said plurality of bandwidths to a serial form; converting said plurality of bandwidths in serial form to a plurality of coded signals; and transmitting said plurality of coded signals on a transmission medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for enhancing the performance of a wideband digital RF transport system, the method comprising the steps of:
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inputting a plurality of bandwidths; converting each of said plurality of bandwidths into a plurality of slots; combining said plurality of slots from each bandwidth; setting a number of slots per frame based on a serial data rate; forming a plurality of frames from at least a portion of said combined plurality of slots, each frame having said set number of slots; converting said plurality of frames to a serial form; converting said plurality of frames in serial form to a plurality of coded signals; and transmitting said plurality of coded signals on a transmission medium at said serial data rate. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for enhancing the performance of a wideband digital RF transport system, the system comprising:
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a plurality of bandwidth input interface devices; a plurality of sample rate devices coupled to said plurality of bandwidth input interface devices, each sample rate device of said plurality of sample rate devices configured to set an input sample rate of an associated bandwidth input interface device; and a framer device coupled to an output of each bandwidth input interface device, and configured to create a first frame structure from said outputs of said bandwidth input interface devices when a serial data rate is set at a first rate, and configured to create a second frame structure from said outputs of said bandwidth input interface devices when said serial data rate is set at a second rate. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for enhancing the performance of a wideband digital RF transport system, comprising:
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a plurality of bandwidth input interface devices; a plurality of sample rate devices coupled to said plurality of bandwidth input interface devices, each sample rate device of said plurality of sample rate devices configured to set an input sample rate of an associated bandwidth input interface device; a mapper/framer device coupled to an output of each bandwidth input interface device, and configured to create a frame structure from the outputs of the bandwidth input interface devices; a control unit coupled to the mapper/framer and configured to set a first serial data rate and control said mapper/framer to create first frame structure based on said first serial data rate, and configured to set a second serial data rate and control said mapper/framer to create a second frame structure based on said second data rate; a serializer device coupled to an output of said framer device; and a transmit device coupled to an output of said serializer device and configured to transmit at a serial data rate set by the control unit. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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