Method for fast initialization of multicarrier system and point-to-multipoint transfer of multicarrier signal in digital subscriber line

• US 6,307,889 B1
• Filed: 05/11/1998
• Issued: 10/23/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Chun, You Sik
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Chi
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tran, Khai
• Application Number:
  US09/075,321
• Time in Patent Office: 1,261 Days
• Field of Search: 375/260, 375/377, 375/219, 375/225, 375/224, 375/227, 375/254, 375/222, 370/468
• US Class Current: 375/260
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0044 allocation of payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/1438 Negotiation of transmission parameters prior to communication modified according to link quality H04L1/0001

Abstract

A method for fast initialization in discrete multi-tone (DMT) system for digital subscriber line and a method for point-to-multipoint transfer of multicarrier system for continuous transfer of multicarrier signal in digital subscriber line. The method for fast initialization includes performing activation and acknowledgement, transceiver training and performing selectively bit swapping algoritlun using a switch according to the system status for optimizing the channel efficiency in the discrete multi-tone (DMT) system having a transmitting part and receiving part. The method for point-to-multipoint transfer of multicarrier system for continuous transfer of multicarrier signal in digital subscriber line includes the service provider'"'"'s checking bit swapping information received from a lot of set top units (STUs), calculating the difference of channel error quantity between two sub-channels (ε_j,max−ε_j,min) and performing bit swapping by giving the bit swap priority to the set top units (STU) that has the largest difference value of the channel error.

Claims

1. A method for fast initialization in a discrete multi-tone (DMT) system for a digital subscriber line, the discrete multi-tone system having a transmitting part comprising a serial to parallel converter converting a serial input data that will be transmitted through the communication channel into a parallel data, a multicarrier modulator part encoding said parallel data by each sub-channel, and a multicarrier-modulating and a pre-transmit processing part for transmitting said modulated signal over the communication channel efficiently;

and a receiving part comprising a post-receive processing part changing said signal inputted through a communication channel into the signal for modulating, a multicarrier demodulator part for demodulating the signal that has been passed through said post-receive processing part and a parallel to serial converter converting said demodulated signal into the original type of serial data, the method comprising the steps of;

(a) performing activation and acknowledgement on a communication channel between a transmitting part and a receiving part;

(b) transceiver training on a communication channel between the transmitting part and the receiving part; and

(c) performing selective bit swapping algorithm on data from the communication channel, using a switch according to an installation status of said system to optimize the channel efficiency.

2. A method for fast initialization in a discrete multi-tone (DMT) system for a digital subscriber line as set forth in claim 1, wherein the installation status of said system is one of cases (a) where a user installs the system first, (b) where an error occurs when writing or reading the initialization data, (c) where channel conditions deteriorated after the initial installations, so the transmission efficiency is decreased such that bit swapping cannot solve it, and (d) where the user is served from the system that has already been installed.

3. A method for fast initialization in a discrete multi-tone (DMT) system for a digital subscriber line as set forth in claim 2, wherein the step of performing the bit swapping algorithm in one of the cases where the user installs the system at first or where the error occurs when writing or reading the initialization data or where channel conditions deteriorated after the initial installations, so the transmission efficiency is decreased such that bit swapping cannot solve it, the method further comprises the steps of:

(d) performing channel analysis and exchange on the communication channel by said switch;

(e) optimizing the discrete multi-tone (DMT) system;

(f) transmitting data on the communication channel from the transmitting part to the receiving part; and

(g) storing said data into a memory on a user terminal at the receiving part.

4. A method for fast initialization in a discrete multi-tone (DMT) system for a digital subscriber line as set forth in claim 3, wherein the step of performing the bit swapping algorithm on said data is performed in said step of transmitting said data.

5. A method for fast initialization in a discrete multi-tone (DMT) system for a digital subscriber line as set forth in claim 3, wherein said data are bits and values of a power allocation table.

6. A method for fast initialization in a discrete multi-tone (DMT) system for a digital subscriber line as set forth in claim 5, wherein the value of said bits and the value of said power allocation table are changed due to the change of noise conditions, and said values are processed by the bit swapping algorithm.

7. A method for fast initialization in a discrete multi-tone (DMT) system for a digital subscriber line as set forth in claim 6, wherein said noise conditions are one of additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN), near-end crosstalk (NEXT), far-end crosstalk (FEXT), or radio frequency interference (RFI).

8. A method for fast initialization in a discrete multi-tone (DMT) system for a digital subscriber line as set forth in claim 1, wherein said switch is a hand-operated switch that a user controls manually.

9. A method for fast initialization in a discrete multi-tone (DMT) system for a digital subscriber line as set forth in claim 2, wherein said step of performing bit swapping algorithm in the case where the user is served from the system that has already been installed, the method further comprises the steps of:

(a) downloading the initialization data stored in memory by the user terminal such that the user installs the system first, such that the error occurs during writing or reading the initialization data, or such that channel conditions deteriorate rather than the initial installations, so the transmission efficiency is decreased such that bit swapping cannot solve it;

(b) sharing data by user'"'"'s transmission of said initialization data to a service provider;

(c) performing the bit swapping algorithm on the data;

(d) optimizing a transmitter/receiver, considering the present status of the channel; and

(e) starting data services on the channel with maintaining said bit swapping algorithm.

10. A method for fast initialization in a discrete multi-tone (DMT) system for a digital subscriber line as set forth in claim 3, wherein, the system restarts from said step of performing activation and acknowledgement when an error in the data is detected by CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Code) check and when a timeout occurs on the channel such that a meaningful response is not received from the relative transmitting terminal within a pre-determined time period in said step of channel analysis and exchange by said switch, if error is detected.

11. A method for fast initialization in a discrete multi-tone (DMT) system for a digital subscriber line in claim 1, wherein bit swapping from low frequency domain sub-channel to high frequency domain sub-channel increases as the number of far-end crosstalk (FEXT) increases.