System and method for canceling crosstalk

US 6,999,504 B1
Filed: 03/15/2001
Issued: 02/14/2006
Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2000
Status: Expired due to Term

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1. A telecommunication system having reduced crosstalk comprising:

a modem disposed at a customer premises;

a local loop terminating at the customer premises and connected to the modem, the local loop for carrying modem communications;

a first circuit disposed to sense the signal received on the local loop;

a second circuit configured to obtain a common mode signal from the local loop; and

a processor circuit disposed within the modem, the processor configured to reduce crosstalk on the local loop through computations based upon both the signal received on the local loop and the common mode signal, wherein the processor circuit is configured to process a signal that takes in the time domain, after digitization, the following forms;

p[n]=(f{circle around (x)}u)[n]+(l{circle around (x)}e)[n]+w[n], common mode signal and
r[n]=(h{circle around (x)}e)[n]+(g{circle around (x)}u)[n]+v[n], differential mode signal,where w[n] and v[n] are independent white noise quantities, r[n] is the signal received on the local loop, p[n] is the common mode signal, h[n] is an impulse response of the first local loop, l[n] is a cross-coupling measure between the local loop and the common mode, u[n] is a signal carried on a disturber line, f[n] is a cross-coupling measure between the disturber line and the common mode signal, e[n] is the signal transmitted from a remote transmitter on the local loop, g[n] is a cross-coupling measure between the disturber line and the local loop, and wherein the {circle around (x)} symbol represents a convolution operation.

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A method and apparatus are disclosed for reducing crosstalk in a telecommunication system. Broadly, the present invention utilizes a common mode signal to obtain additional information that can be used to better approximate the transmitted signal (by approximating and canceling crosstalk or otherwise). In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a modem is provided having improved crosstalk cancellation circuitry for canceling crosstalk received on a local loop (or otherwise estimating the remotely transmitted signal) carrying modem communications. The modem includes a first input for receiving a signal carried on the local loop and a second input for receiving a signal obtained from the common mode. The modem further includes processing circuitry configured to either reduce crosstalk present in the signal carried on the local loop, or to otherwise closely approximate the remotely transmitted signal. Using both the first and second signals allows the processing circuitry of the modem to obtain more accurate results.

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1. A telecommunication system having reduced crosstalk comprising:
- a modem disposed at a customer premises;
  
  a local loop terminating at the customer premises and connected to the modem, the local loop for carrying modem communications;
  
  a first circuit disposed to sense the signal received on the local loop;
  
  a second circuit configured to obtain a common mode signal from the local loop; and
  
  a processor circuit disposed within the modem, the processor configured to reduce crosstalk on the local loop through computations based upon both the signal received on the local loop and the common mode signal, wherein the processor circuit is configured to process a signal that takes in the time domain, after digitization, the following forms;
  
  p[n]=(f{circle around (x)}u)[n]+(l{circle around (x)}e)[n]+w[n], common mode signal and
  r[n]=(h{circle around (x)}e)[n]+(g{circle around (x)}u)[n]+v[n], differential mode signal,where w[n] and v[n] are independent white noise quantities, r[n] is the signal received on the local loop, p[n] is the common mode signal, h[n] is an impulse response of the first local loop, l[n] is a cross-coupling measure between the local loop and the common mode, u[n] is a signal carried on a disturber line, f[n] is a cross-coupling measure between the disturber line and the common mode signal, e[n] is the signal transmitted from a remote transmitter on the local loop, g[n] is a cross-coupling measure between the disturber line and the local loop, and wherein the {circle around (x)} symbol represents a convolution operation.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- - 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor circuit is more specifically configured to cancel near-end(NEXT) crosstalk.
  - 3. The system of claim 1, wherein the telecommunication system is a digital subscriber line (DSL) system and the modem is a DSL modem.
  - 4. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to approximate the first equation of claim 1 to be:
    - p [n]=(f{circle around (x)}u)[n]+w[n]by assuming that the far-end crosstalk(FEXT) term (l{circle around (x)}e)[n] is less than one one-hundredth of the near-end crosstalk(NEXT) term (f{circle around (x)}u)[n].
  - 5. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to utilize source separation methods for computing the equations of claim 1.
  - 6. The system of claim 5, wherein the source separation methods include using a blind source separation mathematical technique.
  - 7. The system of claim 5, wherein the source separation methods include using a semi-blind source separation mathematical technique.
  - 8. The system of claim 4, wherein the processor is configured to approximate the second equation of claim 1 to be:
    - r[n]=(h{circle around (x)}e)[n]+(ξ
      
      {circle around (x)}p)[n]+η
      
      [n]where ξ
      
      [n] denotes an equivalent coupling, and η
      
      [n] denotes a white noise.
  - 9. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to compute ξ
    - [n] during a silent phase where e[n]=0, since p[n] and e[n] are substantially uncorrelated.
  - 10. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to compute ξ
    - [n] using a minimum means square deconvolution method.
  - 11. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to compute ξ
    - [n] using an adaptive filtering method.
  - 12. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is implemented in circuitry.
  - 13. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor circuitry includes hardware.
  - 14. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor circuitry includes software.
  - 15. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor circuitry includes a combination of hardware and software.
  - 16. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor circuitry includes firmware, micro-coded into hardware.

17. In a telecommunications system having a local loop terminating at a customer premises, a method of reducing crosstalk on the local loop comprising the steps of:
- sensing a first signal received on the local loop;
  
  obtaining a common mode signal from the local loop;
  
  using the first signal and the common mode signal to compute a measure of crosstalk present on the first local loop, wherein the step of using the first signal and the common mode signal to compute a measure of crosstalk includes processing equations for signals in the following form;
  
  p[n]=(f{circle around (x)}u)[n]+(l{circle around (x)}e)[n]+w[n], and
  r[n]=(h{circle around (x)}e)[n]+(g{circle around (x)}u)[n]+v[n],where w[n] and v[n] are independent white noise quantities, r[n] is the signal received on the local loop, p[n] is the common mode signal, h[n] is an impulse response of the first local loop, l[n] is a cross-coupling measure between the local loop and the common mode, u[n] represents at least one signal carried on a disturber line, f[n] is a cross-coupling measure between the disturber line and the common mode signal, e[n] is the signal transmitted from a remote transmitter on the local loop, g[n] is a cross-coupling measure between the disturber line and the local loop, and wherein the {circle around (x)} symbol represents a convolution operation; and
  
  subtracting the measure of crosstalk from the first signal.
- View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
- - 18. The method of claim 17, wherein the processor is configured to approximate the first equation of claim 17 to be:
    - p[n]=(f{circle around (x)}u)[n]+w[n]by assuming that the far-end crosstalk(FEXT) term (l{circle around (x)}e)[n] is less than one one-hundredth of the near-end crosstalk(NEXT) term (f{circle around (x)}u)[n].
  - 19. The method of claim 17, wherein the step of solving the equation further includes the step of assuming that the far-end crosstalk(FEXT) (l{circle around (x)}e)[n] term is not less than one one-hundredth of the near-end crosstalk(NEXT) (f{circle around (x)}u)[n] term, and that source separation methods are utilized for computing the equations of claim 17.
  - 20. The method of claim 19, wherein the source separation methods include using a blind source separation mathematical technique.
  - 21. The method of claim 19, wherein the source separation methods include using a semi-blind source separation mathematical technique.
  - 22. The method of claim 18, wherein the step of solving the equations further includes approximating the second equation of claim 17 to be:
    - r[n]=(h{circle around (x)}e)[n]+(ξ
      
      {circle around (x)}p)[n]+η
      
      [n]where ξ
      
      [n] denotes an equivalent coupling, and η
      
      [n] denotes a white noise.
  - 23. The method of claim 22, wherein the step of solving the equations further includes computing ξ
    - [n] during a silent phase where e[n]=0, since p[n] and e[n] are substantially uncorrelated.
  - 24. The method of claim 22, wherein the step of solving the equations further includes computing ξ
    - [n] using a minimum means square deconvolution method.
  - 25. The method of claim 22, wherein the step of solving the equations further includes computing ξ
    - [n] using an adaptive filtering method.

26. In a telecommunications system having a local loop terminating at a customer premises, a method of reducing the effects of crosstalk on the local loop comprising the steps of:
- sensing a first signal received on the local loop;
  
  obtaining a common mode signal from the local loop;
  
  computing a Discrete Fourier Transform of both the first signal and the common mode signal;
  
  using both the first signal and the common mode signal to compute a transmitted signal, wherein the step of using the first signal and the common mode signal to compute a measure of crosstalk includes solving equations in the following form;
  
  $\begin{matrix} {\begin{matrix} X^{(0)} [q, t] = H^{(0)} [q] E [q, t] + V^{(0)} [q, t] \\ X^{(1)} [q, t] = H^{(1)} [q] E [q, t] + V^{(1)} [q, t] \end{matrix}}, q is the bin rank, and t is the time symbol index & Equation 20 \end{matrix}$ q is the bin rank, and t is the time symbol index where E[q, t] is the emitted complex constellation point for the bin q and the symbol t, the superscript ⁽ⁱ⁾, 0≦
  
  i≦
  
  1, refers to the path, V⁽ⁱ⁾[q, t] stands for the whole perturbation of bin q of symbol t on path i, i.e. crosstalk and the Additive White Gaussian Noise(AWGN) gain per bin q, on path i.
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- - 27. The method of claim 26, wherein the step of using the first signal and the common mode signal to compute a transmitted signal includes using a covariance matrix and statistical probabilities to approximate the transmitted signal.

28. In a customer premises, a modem having improved crosstalk cancellation circuitry for canceling crosstalk received on a local loop carrying modem communications comprising:
- a first input for receiving a signal carried on the local loop;
  
  a second input for receiving a common mode signal obtained from the local loop;
  
  logic for computing a Discrete Fourier Transform of both the first signal and the common mode signal;
  
  processing circuitry configured to reduce crosstalk present in the signal carried on the first local loop through computations based upon the signals carried on both the first signal and the common mode signal, wherein the processor circuit is configured to compute equations in the following form;
  
  $\begin{matrix} {\begin{matrix} X^{(0)} [q, t] = H^{(0)} [q] E [q, t] + V^{(0)} [q, t] \\ X^{(1)} [q, t] = H^{(1)} [q] E [q, t] + V^{(1)} [q, t] \end{matrix}}, q is the bin rank, and t is the time symbol index & Equation 20 \end{matrix}$ q is the bin rank, and t is the time symbol index where E[q, t] is the emitted complex constellation point for the bin q and the symbol t, the superscript ⁽ⁱ⁾, 0≦
  
  i≦
  
  1, refers to the path, V⁽ⁱ⁾[q, t] stands for the whole perturbation of bin Q of symbol t on path i, i.e. crosstalk and the Additive White Gaussian Noise(AWGN) gain per bin q, on path i.
- View Dependent Claims (29)
- - 29. The modem of claim 28, wherein the signal carried on the local loop is a digital subscriber line (DSL) signal.

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Current Assignee
Ikanos Communications Incorporated (Qualcomm, Inc.)
Original Assignee
GlobespanVirata, Inc. (Synaptics Incorporated)
Inventors
Duvaut, Patrick, Pierrugues, Laurent, Amrany, Daniel, Keasler, William
Primary Examiner(s)
Chin, Stephen
Assistant Examiner(s)
Vartanian, Harry

Application Number

US09/808,760
Time in Patent Office

1,797 Days
Field of Search

375/222, 375/346, 375/258
US Class Current

375/222
CPC Class Codes

H04L 5/20 using different combination...

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