Method for common transmission over multiple line pairs, and transmitting end and receiving end therefor

• US 7,894,484 B2
• Filed: 01/09/2009
• Issued: 02/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: FANG, Liming
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Chi H
• Assistant Examiner(s): Huang, Weibin
• Application Number:
  US12/351,598
• Publication Number:
  US 20090116376A1
• Time in Patent Office: 774 Days
• Field of Search: 370/203, 370/210, 370/276, 370/282, 370/286, 370/464, 370/480, 370/485, 379/90.01, 379/93.01, 379/93.09, 379/406.01, 379/406.02, 379/406.05, 379/406.06, 379/406.12, 379/399.01, 379/402, 379/414, 379/416, 379/417
• US Class Current: 370/485
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/32 Reducing cross-talk, e.g. by compensating
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2881 IP/Ethernet DSLAM
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4633 Interconnection of networks using encapsulation techniques, e.g. tunneling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/5601 Transfer mode dependent, e.g. ATM
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/5618 Bridges, gateways [GW] or interworking units [IWU]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/5665 Interaction of ATM with other protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0023 Time-frequency-space
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0044 allocation of payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/006 Quality of the received signal, e.g. BER, SNR, water filling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/20 using different combinations of lines, e.g. phantom working
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/062 using different frequency bands for speech and other data
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 11/0428 Integrated services digital network, i.e. systems for transmission of different types of digitised signals, e.g. speech, data, telecentral, television signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13196 Connection circuit/link/trunk/junction, bridge, router, gateway
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13204 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/1329 Asynchronous transfer mode, ATM
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13389 LAN, internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13399 Virtual channel/circuits

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a method for common transmission over multiple line pairs, and a transmitting device and a receiving device therefor. The method for common transmission over multiple line pairs includes: modulating information to be sent; and sending a modulated signal to a receiving device over the multiple line pairs; wherein, a transmission spectrum of each transmitter in the multiple line pairs comprises two parts: a first part is a frequency segment that meets a bearer condition of a modulation method, and a second part is a frequency segment that does not meet the bearer condition of the modulation method.

Claims

1. A method for common transmission over multiple line pairs, comprising:

modulating information to be sent on a signal;

transmitting the modulated signal to a receiving device over the multiple line pairs;

wherein, a transmission spectrum of each transmitter in the multiple line pairs comprises a frequency segment that meets a bearer condition of the modulating, and a frequency segment that does not meet the bearer condition of the modulating;

the number of the multiple line pairs is N, N is greater than or equal to 2; and

dividing the information to be sent into N+M parts, wherein, the N parts of the information to be sent are carried on frequency segments of the N line pairs that meet the bearer condition, the M parts of the information to be sent are carried on at least two frequency segments that do not meet the bearer condition, wherein M is greater than or equal to 1.

2. The method for common transmission over multiple line pairs according to claim 1, wherein, any one of the M parts of the information to be sent is transmitted on at least two frequency segments that do not meet the bearer condition on the same line pair, or is transmitted on at least two frequency segments that do not meet the bearer condition on different line pairs.

3. The method for common transmission over multiple line pairs according to claim 2, further comprising:

recovering, by the receiving end, the N parts of the information according to the signal received, superimposing the M parts of the information, and recovering the M parts of the information.

4. The method for common transmission over multiple line pairs according to claim 1, comprising:

modulating the information to be sent using an Orthogonal Frequency Divided Multiple (OFDM) modulation.

5. The method for common transmission over multiple line pairs according to claim 1, wherein, the frequency segments that meet the bearer condition have Signal to Noise Ratios (SNRs) greater than or equal to 3 dB, and the frequency segments that do not meet the bearer condition have SNRs less than 3 dB.

6. A transmitting device, comprising:

a modulator group, adapted to modulate information to be sent on a signal; and

a transmitter group, adapted to transmit the modulated signal via multiple line pairs;

wherein, a transmission spectrum of each transmitter in the multiple line pairs comprises a frequency segment that meets a bearer condition, and a frequency segment that does not meet the bearer condition;

the number of the multiple line pairs is N, and N is greater than or equal to 2; and

an adder group,

wherein,

the modulator group comprises a first modulator group connected with a first input terminal of the adder group, the first modulator group is adapted to modulate N parts of the information to be sent on frequency segments that meet the bearer condition respectively;

the modulator group further comprises a second modulator group connected with a second input terminal of the adder group, the second modulator group is adapted to modulate M parts of the information to be sent on frequency segments that do not meet the bearer condition respectively, wherein M is greater than or equal to 1; and

the adder group is adapted to superimpose and output modulated signals from the first input terminal and the second input terminal.

7. The transmitting device according to claim 6, wherein the adder group is adapted to superimpose the modulated signal of any one of the M parts of the information to be sent with the modulated signals of at least two of the N parts of the information to be sent;

and the transmitter group is adapted to send the superimposed signal to the receiving device via at least any two of the N line pairs.

8. The transmitting device according to claim 6, wherein, the transmitting device further comprises:

an encoder group, adapted to divide the information to be sent into N+M parts, and obtain N+M encoded signals by encoding in at least two encoding modes with different coding gains, wherein M is greater than or equal to 1; and

a selector-combiner group, adapted to select the encoded signals with a high coding gain and the encoded signals with a low coding gain from the N+M encoded signals, and recombine the encoded signals selected into N data streams;

wherein the modulator group is adapted to modulate the N data streams respectively, and the transmitter group is adapted to send out the modulated signals via the N line pairs, the encoded signals with the low coding gain are carried on the frequency segments that meet the bearer condition on the N line pairs, and the encoded signals with high coding gain are carried on at least two frequency segments that do not meet the bearer condition on the N line pairs.

9. The transmitting device according to claim 8, wherein, the selector-combiner group comprises:

a selector, adapted to perform selection from the N+M encoded signals and combine the encoded signals with different coding gains; and

a combiner group, adapted to combine the encoded signals with different coding gains and obtain the N data streams.

10. The transmitting device according to claim 6, wherein, the transmitting device further comprises a digital-to-analog (D/A) converter group, and the D/A converter group is adapted to perform a D/A conversion on the signal modulated by the modulator group.

11. A receiving device, comprising:

a receiver group, adapted to receive modulated signals that are transmitted using frequency segments that meet a bearer condition and frequency segments that do not meet the bearer condition in a transmission spectrum of multiple line pairs;

a demodulation module, adapted to demodulate the modulated signals, wherein, the demodulation module comprises a first demodulator group and a second demodulator; and

an adder;

the number of the multiple line pairs is N, N is greater than or equal to 2;

wherein the first demodulator group is adapted to demodulate the modulated signals received and obtain N parts of information sent;

the adder is adapted to superimpose the modulated signals having the same part of the information sent and obtain M superimposed signals, wherein M is greater than or equal to 1; and

the second demodulator group is adapted to demodulate the superimposed signals and obtain M parts of the information sent.

12. The receiving device according to claim 11, the receiving device further comprising a decoder group and a deselector-decombiner group,

wherein the receiver group is adapted to receive the modulated signals transmitted on N line pairs;

wherein the demodulation module is adapted to demodulate the modulated signals and obtain N data streams;

wherein the deselector-decombiner group is adapted to decombine and deselect the N data streams, and obtain N+M encoded signals;

wherein the decoder group is adapted to decode the N+M encoded signals respectively and recover the information sent, wherein, N is greater than or equal to 2, and M is greater than or equal to 1.

13. The receiving device according to claim 12, the deselector-decombiner group comprises a decombiner group and a deselector;

wherein the decombiner group is adapted to decombine the N data streams and separate the encoded signals with different coding gains; and

the deselector is adapted to split the encoded signals with different coding gains into N+M encoded signals according to a decombination result.

14. The receiving device according to claim 11 further comprises an A/D converter group that is adapted to perform an A/D conversion on the modulated signals received by the receiver group.

15. A receiving end, comprising:

a receiver group, adapted to receive modulated signals that are transmitted using frequency segments that meet a bearer condition and frequency segments that do not meet the bearer condition in a transmission spectrum of multiple line pairs;

a demodulation module, adapted to demodulate the modulated signals, wherein, the demodulation module comprises a first demodulator group and a second constellation demapping module, the first demodulator group comprises a first constellation demapping module group; and

an adder;

wherein the first demodulator group is adapted to perform a Fast Fourier Transform operation and perform a subcarrier screening respectively on the modulated signals received, and obtain N screened signals that carry the N parts of the information sent and N screened signals that carry the M parts of the information sent;

wherein the first constellation demapping module group is adapted to perform a constellation demapping respectively on the N screened signals that carry the N parts of the information sent and obtain the N parts of the information sent;

wherein the adder is adapted to superimpose the screened signals with the same part of the information sent in the N screened signals that carry the M parts of the information to be sent, and obtain M superimposed signals;

wherein the second constellation demapping module is adapted to perform a constellation demapping respectively on the M superimposed signals and obtain the M parts of the information sent, wherein M is greater than or equal to 1.