System and method for modifying symbol duration for the efficient transmission of information in a time duplex noise environment

• US 6,266,347 B1
• Filed: 12/08/1999
• Issued: 07/24/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ikanos Communications Incorporated (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Globespan Inc.
• Inventors: Amrany, Daniel, Lopez, Jean-Francois, Alloin, Laurent
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Ajit
• Assistant Examiner(s): Phunkulh, Bob A.
• Application Number:
  US09/456,451
• Time in Patent Office: 594 Days
• Field of Search: 370/498, 370/503, 370/509, 370/478, 370/201, 370/276, 370/286, 375/219, 375/260, 375/285, 375/222, 375/220, 375/254, 379/93.01, 379/93.05, 379/93.06, 379/93.07
• US Class Current: 370/478
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/32 Reducing cross-talk, e.g. by compensating
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/46 Monitoring; Testing
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/487 Testing crosstalk effects
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0002 by adapting the transmission rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0044 allocation of payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/1423 for simultaneous baseband signals

Abstract

A system and method for modifying symbol duration for the efficient transmission of information in a time duplex noise environment is disclosed. In a simplified embodiment, the system modifies the length of Discrete MultiTone (DMT) symbols, thereby providing a system wherein a first half of the DMT symbols are transmitted entirely during a period in which there is far end crosstalk (FEXT) noise, and a second half of the DMT symbols are transmitted entirely during a period in which there is near end crosstalk (NEXT) noise. Preferably, the duration of each DMT symbol is selected to be 0.25 ms such that exactly ten DMT symbols fall within a time duplex period of 2.5 ms. As such, during a FEXT period, exactly five DMT symbols are transmitted, and during a NEXT period, exactly five DMT symbols are transmitted. Therefore, in each TTR period, an additional DMT symbol, with modified length, is transmitted during the FEXT period, during which information is transmitted at a high bit rate.

Claims

1. A system for modifying symbol duration in a time duplex noise environment, wherein a total number of Discrete MultiTone (DMT) symbols are transmitted within a Time compressed Multiplex Integrated Service Digital Network timing reference (TTR) period, comprising:

a first transceiver; and

a second transceiver, wherein said first transceiver transmits a first half of said total number of DMT symbols to said second transceiver while said first transceiver receives far end crosstalk noise, and said first transceiver transmits a second half of said total number of DMT symbols to said second transceiver while said first transceiver receives near end crosstalk noise.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said system is an xDSL system.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein said xDSL system uses Discrete Multi-Tone (DMT) line coding.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein each of said DMT symbols is adjusted to be 0.25 ms in duration.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein each of said DMT symbols is adjusted to be 0.25 ms in duration such that a total of ten DMT symbols fall within a time duplex period of 2.5 ms.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein adjusting said DMT symbols is performed by changing a number of discrete digital samples per DMT symbol while maintaining a sampling rate.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein each of said adjusted DMT symbols contains 40 cyclic samples.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein each of said DMT symbols is further defined by 512 samples, and a cyclic prefix having 32 samples.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein said time duplex noise environment is an integrated services digital network (ISDN) time duplex noise environment.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein said total number of DMT symbols is further defined by a total of 10 consecutive DMT symbols which are fitted into a period of said ISDN environment, wherein said ISDN environment alternates at 400 Hz.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein said duration of each of said DMT symbols is modified by modifying a DMT sampling rate, and not extending a cyclic prefix.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein said duration of said DMT symbols is modified by extending a cyclic prefix size of each of said DMT symbols.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein said duration of said DMT symbols is modified by modifying a DMT sampling rate and extending a cyclic prefix size of each of said DMT symbols.

14. A method of modifying symbol duration in a time duplex noise environment so as to transmit a total number of Discrete MultiTone (DMT) symbols within a Time Compressed Multiplex Integrated Service Digital Network timing reference (TTR) period, comprising the steps of:

transmitting a first half of said total number of DMT symbols during a far end crosstalk period; and

transmitting a second half of said total number of DMT symbols during a near end crosstalk period.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of extending a cyclic prefix size of each of said DMT symbols such that each of said DMT symbols contains 40 cyclic samples.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein said symbol duration is 250 microseconds.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of modifying a DMT sampling rate and not extending a cyclic prefix, such that each of said DMT symbols is adjusted to be 0.25 ms in duration.

18. A system for modifying symbol duration in a time duplex noise environment, wherein a total number of Discrete MultiTone (DMT) symbols are transmitted within a Time Compressed Multiplex Integrated Service Digital Network timing reference (TTR) period, comprising:

a first transceiving means; and

a second transceiving means, wherein said first transceiving means transmits a first half of said total number of DMT symbols to said second transceiving means while said first transceiving means receives far end crosstalk noise, and said first transceiving means transmits a second half of said total number of DMT symbols to said second transceiving means while said first transceiving means receives near end crosstalk noise.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein said system is an xDSL system.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein said xDSL, system uses Discrete Multi-Tone Tone(DMT) line coding.