Physical layer transceiver architecture for a home network station connected to a telephone line medium
First Claim
1. A physical layer transceiver for sending and receiving network signals on a telephone line medium, the physical layer transceiver comprising:
- an input amplifier for amplifying network signals received from the telephone line medium and outputting amplified received signals;
a signal conditioning circuit configured for outputting an envelope signal of the amplified received signals and an energy signal of the amplified received signals;
slicer circuits for outputting noise, peak, and data event signals indicating with respect to time whether the envelope signal exceeds a noise threshold, a peak threshold, and a data transition threshold, respectively, and for outputting energy event signals indicating with respect to time whether the energy signal exceeds an energy threshold; and
a digital controller configured for controlling the noise, peak, and data transition thresholds based on the noise event signal and the peak event signal, the digital controller outputting data signals to a media access controller via a media independent interface based on at least one of the energy event signals and the data event signals.
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Abstract
A physical layer transceiver of a home network station connected to a telephone medium has an architecture enabling adaptation of detection circuitry based on received network signals to enable reliable recovery of data signals. The physical layer transceiver includes an input amplifier that amplifies network signals according to one of 128 gain settings set by a receiver gain control signal. A signal conditioning circuit includes an envelope detector configured for outputting an envelope of the amplified received signal, and an energy detector configured for outputting an energy signal of the amplified received signals. The envelope signal and the energy signal are supplied to slicer threshold circuits, configured for outputting noise, peak, data event and energy event signals based on noise threshold, peak threshold, data transition threshold, and energy threshold signals, respectively. A digital controller controls the input amplifier gain and the threshold values, and adjusts the gain and threshold values based on the noise event signal and the peak event signal within an access ID (AID) interval. Hence, the receiver can be optimized on a per-packet basis for receiving network signals by adjusting the receiver portion during the AID preamble phase of the data packet. Gain control may also be used by the digital controller on the transmitter portion to selectively adjust the output gain for optimizing transmission to a destination home network station.
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20 Claims
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1. A physical layer transceiver for sending and receiving network signals on a telephone line medium, the physical layer transceiver comprising:
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an input amplifier for amplifying network signals received from the telephone line medium and outputting amplified received signals;
a signal conditioning circuit configured for outputting an envelope signal of the amplified received signals and an energy signal of the amplified received signals;
slicer circuits for outputting noise, peak, and data event signals indicating with respect to time whether the envelope signal exceeds a noise threshold, a peak threshold, and a data transition threshold, respectively, and for outputting energy event signals indicating with respect to time whether the energy signal exceeds an energy threshold; and
a digital controller configured for controlling the noise, peak, and data transition thresholds based on the noise event signal and the peak event signal, the digital controller outputting data signals to a media access controller via a media independent interface based on at least one of the energy event signals and the data event signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method in a physical layer transceiver of sending and receiving network signals between network stations on a telephone line medium, and between a media access controller coupled to the physical layer transceiver by a media independent interface, the method comprising:
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selectively amplifying a received network signal, received via the telephone line medium and carrying receive data from a remote network station coupled to the telephone line medium;
generating an envelope signal and an energy signal of the amplified received network signal;
generating a noise event signal and a peak event signal in response to the envelope signal exceeding a noise threshold and a peak threshold, respectively;
successively adjusting the noise threshold and the peak threshold based on successive noise event signals and peak event signals generated within a prescribed access identifier detection interval;
setting a data transition threshold based on the adjusted peak threshold; and
selectively recovering onto the media independent interface the receive data based on one of the envelope signal exceeding the data transition threshold and the energy signal exceeding an energy threshold. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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