摘要:
Data indicative of a level of stability of a DSL link is received. Based on the received data, it is determined whether the data indicates a level of stability of the DSL link that is above or below a minimum threshold. If the level of stability of the DSL link is below the minimum threshold, die noise associated with the DSL link before the time of failure is compared with the noise associated with the DSL link after the time of failure. If the difference between the noise before and after the time of failure exceeds a threshold, then the difference in noise is characterized as a stationary noise associated with the DSL link. However, if the difference between the noise before and after the time of failure is below the threshold, a determination is made whether the failure is associated with a loss of power to the DSL link or a severe impulse noise event-the difference in noise is characterized accordingly. Finally, the characterization of the noise associated with the DSL link is preserved for subsequent possible reconfiguration of the DSL link to improve link stability.
摘要:
A DSL or other communication system includes a modem or other communication device having at least one antenna that is configured to collect interference data relating to interference noise affecting communication signals being received by the communication device. The interference may include RF interference, such as AM radio interference, crosstalk and other types of interference from various sources. The interference data collected by the antenna is used by an interference canceller to remove and/or cancel some or all of the interference affecting received signals. In some embodiments of the present invention, more than one antenna may be used, wherein each antenna can collect interference data pertaining to a single source of interference noise. Where a modem or other communication device is coupled to multiple telephone lines, only one of which is being used as the active DSL line, wires in the remaining telephone lines or loops can be used as antennas. Moreover, the antenna may be an antenna, per se, such as a compact AM radio antenna or any other suitable structure or device for collecting the type(s) of interference affecting signals received by the communication device.
摘要:
Described is a method for controlling a broadband service, the method comprising: collecting user behavior, usage data, and physical layer data associated with the broadband service; analyzing the collected data to determine whether a different broadband service can be offered to a user compared to existing broadband service; and providing the user a targeted offer according to the analysis. Described is also a method for recommending a service profile, the method comprising: receiving broadband data from an agent, wherein the agent is executable on a computing device coupled to a LAN of a broadband subscriber; identifying a current service profile of the broadband subscriber; analyzing the received broadband data in view of the current service profile; determining a new service profile for the broadband subscriber according to the analyzed broadband data; and recommending the new service profile to the broadband subscriber and the broadband subscriber's service provider.
摘要:
Described is a method for performance estimation of a communication device. The method comprises: executing active probing to determine active probing data; reading operational data which includes data related to channel and its noise condition and counter values related to user data traffic between the communication device and another communication device, wherein the operational data is relevant to the current settings of the communication device; and training a performance estimation algorithm for the communication device according to the active probing data and the operational data.
摘要:
Described is a method for performance measurement of a communication device. The method comprises: executing active probing by a communication device coupled to another communication device via a network forming a communication link; reading operational data associated with the communication link in response to executing active probing; and measuring performance, by the communication device, of the communication link with reference to the communication link, the performance measured according to the read operational data.
摘要:
In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there are provided apparatus, systems and methods for impulse noise detection and mitigation. For example, in one embodiment such means include, means for detecting impulse noise; means for classifying the detected impulse noise into one of a plurality of impulse noise classes affecting communications on a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL line); means for selecting a noise mitigation strategy from among a plurality of noise mitigation strategies; means for applying the selected noise mitigation strategy; and means for validating application of the noise mitigation strategy.
摘要:
A method is provided which comprises: adjusting a plurality of times a transmit power to vary between a first setting and a second setting on a first Digital Subscriber Line (DSL line) to optimize energy consumption for the first DSL line; measuring or estimating a change in a performance of a second DSL line neighboring the first DSL line caused by a change in crosstalk on the second DSL line generated by the first DSL line in response to adjusting the transmit power of the first DSL line; and identifying one or more DSL lines among a plurality of DSL lines determined to safely operate in a low-power mode by identifying which of the plurality of DSL lines exhibit a crosstalk coupling to neighboring DSL lines below a specified threshold.
摘要:
Methods and systems to improve accuracy and fault detection capability of automated line diagnostics through at least one of: joint processing of SELT and DELT data; comparisons of relative strengths of peaks and/or dips to envelope and/or peaks to dips in a time domain echo response; and iterative diagnostics whereby an echo response is adjusted through signal processing techniques, for example to remove lengths of straight line, between successive performance of a detection algorithm. More than one of the diagnostic systems and methods described herein may be employed in combination to improve accuracy and fault detection capability. For example, where SELT and DELT data are jointly processed, analysis of the SELT data may employ the ratio tests described in the context of a SELT diagnostic routine. Similarly, the SELT diagnostics method assessing relative strengths of peaks and dip in an echo response via ratio tests may be combined with iterative adjustment of the echo response.
摘要:
Methods and systems for twisted pair telephone line diagnostics based on patterns of line data occurring over time. An observed data distribution is classified as periodic or based on modeled distributions previously determined to correspond to a known line activity, fault type, or fault location. A disruption or parameter value pattern is classified through statistical inference of operational and performance data collected from the line. Where the disruption and/or parameter value(s) correlate with a time the customer is at the customer premises, an inference is made that the line fault causing the disruption is more likely at the CPE than at the Central Office. Where the disruption distribution is classified as being a result of human activities initiated on the line, a fault condition associated with the activity is inferred. Where a disruption pattern is correlated with human initiated plain old telephone service (POTS), a micro-filter problem is inferred for the line.
摘要:
In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there are provided methods, systems, mechanisms, techniques, and apparatuses for diagnosing and optimizing vectored DSL lines. For example, in one embodiment, such a system includes an interface to a first subset of a plurality of digital communication lines allocated to a vectored group and to a second subset of the plurality of digital communication lines which operate external to the vectored group; a Dynamic Spectral Management server (DSM server) to analyze the vectored group by performing the following operations for each of the plurality of digital communication lines in the vectored group: measuring a mitigated noise level for the digital communication line with crosstalk cancellation active, measuring a non-mitigated noise level for the digital communication line with crosstalk cancellation inactive, and comparing the mitigated noise level measured on the digital communication line with the non-mitigated noise level measured on the digital communication line. In such an embodiment, the DSM server of the system further issues optimization instructions based on the analysis. For example, by issuing optimization instructions for the vectored group, for lines external to the vectored group, or for both.