Multi-carrier transmission system and method thereof

• US 6,510,184 B1
• Filed: 02/26/1999
• Issued: 01/21/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Okamura, Yusaku
• Primary Examiner(s): CORRIELUS, JEAN B
• Application Number:
  US09/258,259
• Time in Patent Office: 1,425 Days
• Field of Search: 375/260, 375/259, 375/296, 375/295, 375/285, 375/224, 375/225, 375/227, 375/240, 375/219, 370/480, 370/485, 370/493
• US Class Current: 375/260
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0042 intra-user or intra-terminal allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0046 Determination of how many bits are transmitted on different sub-channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/006 Quality of the received signal, e.g. BER, SNR, water filling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0085 when channel conditions change

Abstract

A multi-carrier transmission system and a method thereofor employing a bit distribution method capable of solving the problem set forth above by regarding a plurality of SNR values evaluated at different timings as one SNR value evaluated at different frequency at the same timing and is capable of solving the problem set forth above by realizing a given transmission speed depending upon a plurality of SNR values evaluated at different timings and thus maximizing performance margin. The multi-carrier transmission system has signal to noise ratio evaluating means for obtaining a plurality sets of signal to noise ratio by evaluating signal to noise ratio of each of the multi-carriers at different timing respectively corresponding to a plurality of kinds of noise environments, and bit distribution means for performing bit distribution of each carrier depending upon one set of signal to noise ratio with taking a plurality of sets of signal to noise ratios as one set of signal to noise ratio evaluated on different frequency at the same timing.

Claims

1. A multi-carrier transmission system performing data transmission between first and second communication stations under presence of a plurality of periodically varying noises, comprising:

signal to noise ratio evaluating means for obtaining a plurality of sets of signal to noise ratios by evaluating signal to noise ratio of each carrier of the multi-carriers at different timing respectively corresponding to a plurality of kinds of noise environments; and

bit distribution means for performing bit distribution of each carrier depending upon one set of signal to noise ratio with taking a plurality of sets of signal to noise ratios as one set of signal to noise ratio evaluated on different frequency at the same timing.

2. A multi-carrier transmission system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said signal to noise ratio evaluating means is constructed to derive the sets of the signal to noise ratios corresponding to each of two kinds of noise environments when two kinds of noise environments vary in regular interval period, and said bit distribution means is constructed for establishing said bit distribution with taking two kinds of signal to noise ratio sets as said one signal to noise ratio set.

3. A multi-carrier transmission system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said signal to noise ratio evaluating means is constructed to derive the sets of the signal to noise ratios corresponding to each of two kinds of noise environments when two kinds of noise environments vary irregular interval period, and said bit distribution means is constructed for establishing said bit distribution with taking two kinds of signal to noise ratio sets as said one signal to noise ratio set.

4. A multi-carrier transmission system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said bit distribution means performs bit distribution depending upon said one signal to noise ratio set and a power restriction value of each of said carriers.

5. A multi-carrier transmission system as set forth in claim 1, wherein, in case of data transmission from said first communication station to said second communication station, said first communication station includes means for transmitting a predetermined plurality of transmission speeds to said second communication station and said second communication station has said signal to noise ratio evaluating means and said bit distribution means,

said bit distribution means includes means for deriving a margin in data transmission on the basis of a plurality of transmission speeds transmitted from said first communication station, means for selecting an optimal transmission speed from said plurality of transmission speed on the basis of the derived margin, and means for deriving bit distribution of each of said carriers according to the selected transmission speed.

6. A multi-carrier transmission system as set forth in claim 5, wherein said second communication station includes means for transmitting said bit distribution to said first communication station, and said first communication station performs data transmission to said second communication station according to said bit distribution.

7. A multi-carrier transmission system as set forth in claim 1, wherein noise sources of two kinds of noises are present on a common cable with a communication line between said first and second communication stations.

8. A multi-carrier transmission system as set forth in claim 1, wherein two kinds of noise environments are a first noise environment and a second noise environment having worse noise condition than said first noise environment.

9. A multi-carrier transmission system as set forth in claim 1, wherein two kinds of noises are caused by far end crosstalk and near end crosstalk.

10. A multi-carrier transmission system as set forth in claim 1 wherein a communication line for data transmission between said first and second communication stations is a digital subscriber line.

11. A multi-carrier transmission system performing data transmission between first and second communication stations under presence of a plurality of periodically varying noises, comprising:

signal to noise ratio evaluating means for obtaining a plurality of sets of signal to noise ratios by evaluating signal to noise ratio of each carrier of the multi-carriers at different timing respectively corresponding to a plurality of kinds of noise environments; and

bit distribution means for performing bit distribution of each carrier for realizing a given transmission speed and

a maximum performance margin depending upon respective values of a plurality of signal to noise ratio sets.

12. A multi-carrier transmission system as set forth in claim 11, wherein said signal to noise ratio evaluating means is constructed to derive the sets of the signal to noise ratios corresponding to each of two kinds of noise environments when two kinds of noise environments vary in regular interval period, and said bit distribution means is constructed for establishing said bit distribution with taking two kinds of signal to noise ratio sets as said one signal to noise ratio set.

13. A multi-carrier transmission system as set forth in claim 11, wherein said signal to noise ratio evaluating means is constructed to derive the sets of the signal to noise ratios corresponding to each of two kinds of noise environments when two kinds of noise environments vary irregular interval period, and said bit distribution means is constructed for establishing said bit distribution with taking two kinds of signal to noise ratio sets as said one signal to noise ratio set.

14. A multi-carrier transmission system as set forth in claim 11, wherein said bit distribution means performs bit distribution depending upon said one signal to noise ratio set and a total transmission power restriction value.

15. A multi-carrier transmission system as set forth in claim 11, wherein, in case of data transmission from said first communication station to said second communication station, said first communication station includes means for transmitting a predetermined plurality of transmission speeds to said second communication station and said second communication station has said signal to noise ratio evaluating means and said bit distribution means,

said bit distribution means includes means for deriving a margin in data transmission on the basis of a plurality of transmission speeds transmitted from said first communication station, means for selecting an optimal transmission speed from said plurality of transmission speed on the basis of the derived margin, and means for deriving bit distribution of each of said carriers according to the selected transmission speed.

16. A multi-carrier transmission system as set forth in claim 15, wherein said second communication station includes means for transmitting said bit distribution to said first communication station, and said first communication station performs data transmission to said second communication station according to said bit distribution.

17. A multi-carrier transmission system as set forth in claim 11, wherein noise sources of two kinds of noises are present on a common cable with a communication line between said first and second communication stations.

18. A multi-carrier transmission system as set forth in claim 11, wherein two kinds of noise environments are a first noise environment and a second noise environment having worse noise condition than said first noise environment.

19. A multi-carrier transmission system as set forth in claim 11, wherein two kinds of noises are caused by far end crosstalk and near end crosstalk.

20. A multi-carrier transmission method performing data transmission between first and second communication stations under presence of a plurality of periodically varying noises, comprising:

signal to noise ratio evaluating step of obtaining a plurality of sets of signal to noise ratios by evaluating signal to noise ratio of each carrier of the multi-carriers at different timing respectively corresponding to a plurality of kinds of noise environments; and

bit distribution step of performing bit distribution of each carrier depending upon one set of signal to noise ratio with taking a plurality of sets of signal to noise ratios as one set of signal to noise ratio evaluated on different frequency at the same timing.

21. A multi-carrier transmission method as set forth in claim 20, wherein said signal to noise ratio evaluating step is designed to derive the sets of the signal to noise ratios corresponding to each of two kinds of noise environments when two kinds of noise environments vary in regular interval period, and said bit distribution step is designed for establishing said bit distribution with taking two kinds of signal to noise ratio sets as said one signal to noise ratio set.

22. A multi-carrier transmission method as set forth in claim 20, wherein said signal to noise ratio evaluating step is designed to derive the sets of the signal to noise ratio corresponding to each of two kinds of noise environments when two kinds of noise environments vary in irregular interval period, and said bit distribution step is designed for establishing said bit distribution with taking two kinds of signal to noise ratio sets as said one signal to noise ratio set.

23. A multi-carrier transmission method as set forth in claim 20, wherein said bit distribution step performs bit distribution depending upon said one signal to noise ratio set and a power restriction value of each of said carriers.

24. A multi-carrier transmission method as set forth in claim 20, wherein, in case of data transmission from said first communication station to said second communication station, said first communication station includes step of transmitting a predetermined plurality of transmission speeds to said second communication station and said second communication station has said signal to noise ratio evaluating step and said bit distribution step,

said bit distribution step includes step of deriving a margin in data transmission on the basis of a plurality of transmission speeds transmitted from said first communication station, step of selecting an optimal transmission speed from said plurality of transmission speed on the basis of the derived margin, and step of deriving bit distribution of each of said carriers according to the selected transmission speed.

25. A multi-carrier transmission method as set forth in claim 24, wherein said second communication station includes step of transmitting said bit distribution to said first communication station, and said first communication station performs data transmission to said second communication station according to said bit distribution.

26. A multi-carrier transmission method performing data transmission between first and second communication stations under presence of a plurality of periodically varying noises, comprising:

signal to noise ratio evaluating step of obtaining a plurality of sets of signal to noise ratios by evaluating signal to noise ratio of each carrier of the multi-carriers at different timing respectively corresponding to a plurality of kinds of noise environments; and

bit distribution step of performing bit distribution of each carrier for realizing a given transmission speed and a maximum performance margin depending upon respective values of a plurality of signal to noise ratio sets.

27. A multi-carrier transmission method as set forth in claim 26, wherein said signal to noise ratio evaluating step is designed to derive the sets of the signal to noise ratios corresponding to each of two kinds of noise environments when two kinds of noise environments vary in regular interval period, and said bit distribution step is designed for establishing said bit distribution with taking two kinds of signal to noise ratio sets as one signal to noise ratio set.

28. A multi-carrier transmission method as set forth in claim 26, wherein said signal to noise ratio evaluating is designed to derive the sets of the signal to noise ratios corresponding to each of two kinds of noise environments when two kinds of noise environments vary irregular interval period, and said bit distribution step is designed for establishing said bit distribution with taking two kinds of signal to noise ratio sets as one signal to noise ratio set.

29. A multi-carrier transmission method as set forth in claim 26, wherein said bit distribution step performs bit distribution depending upon one signal to noise ratio set and a total transmission power restriction value.

30. A multi-carrier transmission method as set forth in claim 26, wherein, in case of data transmission from said first communication station to said second communication station, said first communication station includes step of transmitting a predetermined plurality of transmission speeds to said second communication station and said second communication station has said signal to noise ratio evaluating step and said bit distribution step,

said bit distribution step includes step of deriving a margin in data transmission on the basis of a plurality of transmission speeds transmitted from said first communication station, step of selecting an optimal transmission speed from said plurality of transmission speed on the basis of the derived margin, and step of deriving bit distribution of each of said carriers according to the selected transmission speed.

31. A multi-carrier transmission method as set forth in claim 30, wherein said second communication station includes step of transmitting said bit distribution to said first communication station, and said first communication station performs data transmission to said second communication station according to said bit distribution.

32. A multi-carrier transmission method as set forth in claim 26, wherein noise sources of two kinds of noises are present on a common cable with a communication line between said first and second communication stations.

33. A multi-carrier transmission method as set forth in claim 26, wherein two kinds of noise environments are a first noise environment and a second noise environment having worse noise condition than said first noise environment.

34. A multi-carrier transmission method as set forth in claim 26, wherein two kinds of noises are caused by far end crosstalk and near end crosstalk.

35. A multi-carrier transmission method as set forth in claim 26, wherein a communication line for data transmission between said first and second communication stations is a digital subscriber line.