Methods and apparatuses to provide synchronization symbol on demand for DSL systems

• US 7,555,037 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2006
• Issued: 06/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: 2Wire, Inc. (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Inventors: Sedarat, Hossein
• Primary Examiner(s): Bayard; Emmanuel
• Application Number:
  US11/377,083
• Publication Number:
  US 20060227913A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,203 Days
• Field of Search: 375/219, 375/220, 375/222, 375/356, 375/358
• US Class Current: 375/222
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 3/0647 Synchronisation among TDM nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/40006 Architecture of a communication node current supply arrangements H04L12/10; intermediate storage or scheduling H04L49/90
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4013 Management of data rate on the bus systems modifying transmission characteristics according to link quality H04L1/0001
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/062 using different frequency bands for speech and other data

Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing synchronization data on demand are described. The method includes sending one or more synchronization parameters from a receiver to a transmitter in a data communication system, and adjusting transmission of synchronization data from a transmitter to a receiver using the one or more parameters sent by the receiver.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

sending one or more synchronization parameters from a receiver of a transceiver to a transmitter of another transceiver in a digital subscriber line (DSL) system;

adjusting transmission of synchronization data from the transmitter of the another transceiver to the receiver of the transceiver using the one or more synchronization parameters sent by the receiver of the transceiver; and

determining a need for synchronization data at the receiver of the transceiver by monitoring a quality of non-synchronization data received at the receiver of the transceiver from the transmitter of the another transceiver.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more synchronization parameters are transmitted using an on-line reconfiguration channel.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more synchronization parameters comprise:

a future frame number in which a first synchronization data is to be sent,

a period with which a second synchronization data will be sent by the transmitter of the another transceiver after the first synchronization data is sent, and

a duration of synchronization data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting transmission of synchronization data comprises starting or stopping of transmission of synchronization data.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the synchronization data is used to adjust parameters of the DSL system.

6. An apparatus, comprising:

a first transceiver and a second transceiver, wherein each of the first transceiver and the second transceiver transmits and receives data in a signal over a transmission medium, comprising;

a receiver having a synchronization data extraction module; and

a transmitter having a synchronization data insertion module;

wherein the synchronization data extraction module of the receiver of the first transceiver determines a need for synchronization data, and requests the synchronization data by sending one or more synchronization parameters to the synchronization data insertion module of the transmitter of the second transceiver, and the synchronization data insertion module of the transmitter of the second transceiver transmits the synchronization data to the synchronization data extraction module of the receiver of the first transceiver in response to the request for the synchronization data from the synchronization data extraction module of the receiver of the first transceiver, wherein the synchronization data is used to adjust parameters of a data communication system.

7. The apparatus recited in claim 6, wherein the one or more synchronization parameters are transmitted using an on-line reconfiguration channel.

8. The apparatus recited in claim 6, wherein the one or more synchronization parameters comprise:

a future frame number in which a first synchronization data is to be sent;

a period with which a second synchronization data will be sent by the transmitter after the first synchronization data is sent; and

a duration of synchronization data.

9. The apparatus recited in claim 6, wherein the synchronization data extraction module of the first transceiver determines a need for synchronization data by monitoring a quality of non- synchronization data received at the first transceiver.

10. A set top box employing a digital subscriber line modem comprising the apparatus of claim 6.

11. A computer accessible medium to store instructions that, when accessed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:

sending one or more synchronization parameters from a receiver of a transceiver to a transmitter of another transceiver in a digital subscriber line (DSL) system;

adjusting transmission of synchronization data from the transmitter of the another transceiver to the receiver of the transceiver using the one or more synchronization parameters sent by the receiver of the transceiver; and

determining a need for synchronization data at the receiver of the transceiver by monitoring a quality of non-synchronization data received at the receiver of the transceiver from the transmitter of the another transceiver.

12. The computer accessible medium of claim 11, wherein the one or more synchronization parameters are transmitted using an on-line reconfiguration channel.

13. The computer accessible medium of claim 12, wherein the one or more synchronization parameters comprise:

a future frame number in which a first synchronization data is to be sent;

a period with which a second synchronization data will be sent by the transmitter of the another transceiver after the first synchronization data is sent; and

a duration of synchronization data.

14. The computer accessible medium of claim 11, wherein adjusting transmission of synchronization data comprises starting or stopping of transmission of synchronization data.

15. The computer accessible medium of claim 11, wherein the synchronization data is used to adjust parameters of the DSL system.

16. The computer accessible medium of claim 11, wherein the computer accessible medium with instructions is included in a DSL modem.