Method and apparatus for time-frequency domain forward error correction for digital communication systems
First Claim
1. A modem with a plurality of components forming a transmit path and a receive path for communicating data across a communication medium using a multiplicity of discrete sub-channels, and the modem comprising:
- a first forward error correction (FEC) component with complementary encoder and decoder portions on the transmit path and receive paths respectively, and with the complementary encoder and decoder portions encoding and decoding respectively the multiplicity of discrete sub-channels in a frequency domain;
second FEC component with complementary encoder and decoder portions on the transmit and receive paths respectively, and with the complement encoder and decoder portions encoding and decoding respectively the multiplicity of discrete sub-channels in a time domain; and
a Fourier transform component coupled between the first and second FEC, and the transform component for transforming the multiplicity of discrete sub-channels of a communication between the time domain and the frequency domain on the receive path and vice-versa on the transmit path.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for time and frequency domain forward error correction (FEC) in a modem which communicates data using multiple discrete sub-channels is provided. The invention may be implemented in hardware, software or firmware. In an embodiment of the invention a modem with a plurality of components forming a transmit path and a receive path is disclosed. The modem communicates data across a wired or wireless communication medium using a multiplicity of discrete sub-channels. The modem includes a transform component and a time domain FEC component. The transform component transforms the multiplicity of discrete sub-channels of a communication between a time domain and a frequency domain on the receive path and vice-versa on the transmit path. The time domain FEC component couples to the transform component. The time domain FEC component has a complementary encoder and decoder portion on the transmit and receive paths respectively. The encoder and decoder portions encode and decode respectively the multiplicity of discrete sub-channels in the time domain.
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19 Claims
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1. A modem with a plurality of components forming a transmit path and a receive path for communicating data across a communication medium using a multiplicity of discrete sub-channels, and the modem comprising:
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a first forward error correction (FEC) component with complementary encoder and decoder portions on the transmit path and receive paths respectively, and with the complementary encoder and decoder portions encoding and decoding respectively the multiplicity of discrete sub-channels in a frequency domain; second FEC component with complementary encoder and decoder portions on the transmit and receive paths respectively, and with the complement encoder and decoder portions encoding and decoding respectively the multiplicity of discrete sub-channels in a time domain; and a Fourier transform component coupled between the first and second FEC, and the transform component for transforming the multiplicity of discrete sub-channels of a communication between the time domain and the frequency domain on the receive path and vice-versa on the transmit path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for forward error correction (FEC) in a modem with a transmit path and a receive path for communicating data across a communication medium using a multiplicity of discrete sub-channels, and the method comprising:
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on the transmit path the steps of; performing a first FEC encoding on transmitted sub-channels in a frequency domain; transforming the transmitted sub-channels encoded in the first performing step on the transmit path between the frequency domain and the time domain; and performing a second FEC encoding in the time domain of the transmitted sub-channels transformed in the transforming step on the transmit path. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A means for forward error correction (FEC) in a modem with a transmit path and a receive path for communicating data across a communication medium using a multiplicity of discrete sub-channels, and the means comprising:
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on the transmit path; means for performing a first FEC encoding on transmitted sub-channels in a frequency domain; means for transforming the sub-channels encoded by the means for performing the first FEC encoding between the frequency domain and a time domain; and means for performing a second FEC encoding in the time domain the transmitted sub-channels transformed by the means for transforming. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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