REDUCTION IN THE ACQUISITION DURATION OF A PHASE-LOCKED LOOP ABLE TO RECONSTITUTE A SYNCHRONISATION SIGNAL TRANSMITTED OVER AN IP NETWORK

• US 20100195674A1
• Filed: 09/05/2008
• Published: 08/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Original Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Inventors: Tapie, Thierry, Defrance, Serge, Mace, Gael
• Granted Patent: US 8,223,806 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/516
• CPC Class Codes: H03L 7/101 using an additional control signal to the controlled loop oscillator derived from a signal generated in the loop H03L7/113, H03L7/187 take precedence

Abstract

The present invention relates to the domain of video equipment. More specifically, it concerns a reception device that comprises the means for:

• • receiving packets containing samples, that come from data sampled every T_ech period, where T_ech is from a time base synchronised on all the stations of said network,
  • regenerating a counting ramp having a count increment and a range value PCR_Modulus, using a phase-locked loop PLL₁ that receives the samples and that delivers local samples every T_ech period and a reconstituted clock,
  • initialising, at every zero-crossing of the counting ramp, an image counter that is determined by the reconstituted clock.

According to the invention, it comprises, further, means for determining the values of count increments.

Claims

1. Reception device able to receive packets in a packet switching network comprising at least two stations, said device comprising:

means for receiving packets containing samples, said samples coming from data sampled every period, where is from a time base synchronised on all the stations of said network,

means for regenerating a counting ramp having a count increment value and a range value PCR_Modulus, using a phase-locked loop receiving the samples and further delivering local samples every T_ech period and a reconstituted clock with a frequency value F_out,

means for initialising, at every zero-crossing of the counting ramp, an image counter that is determined by the reconstituted clock,

means for generating image cues at every zero-crossing of said counter, and

means for reconstituting a synchronization signal from said image cues,

wherein it comprises, further, means for determining the count increments values.

2. Reception device according to claim 1, wherein the count increment values are integers and signed.

3. Reception device according to claim 2, wherein the count increment values are determined from the frequency value F_out of the reconstituted clock.

4. Reception device according to claim 3, wherein a count increment value has an absolute value that is a function of the frequency value F_out of the reconstituted clock.

5. Reception device according to claim 3, wherein a count increment value has a sign that is a function of the frequency value Fort of the reconstituted clock.

6. Reception device according to claim 2, difference values between local samples and samples being calculated, wherein the count increment values are determined from the amplitude of the difference values and sign of the difference values.

7. Reception device according claim 6, wherein the count increment has a sign that is a function of the sign of difference values.

8. Reception device according claim 6, wherein a count increment has an absolute value that is a function of amplitude of the difference values.