公开(公告)号：US08897147B2

公开(公告)日：2014-11-25

申请号：US13931626

申请日：2013-06-28

Applicant: Broadcom Corporation

Inventor： Bruce J. Currivan ,  Roger Fish ,  Harold Raymond Whitehead ,  Thomas J. Kolze

IPC: H04L1/00 ,  H04L12/26 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04L25/02 ,  H04L1/20 ,  H04L25/03

CPC classification number: H04L43/50 ,  H04L1/20 ,  H04L25/022 ,  H04L25/0222 ,  H04L25/03006 ,  H04L2025/03414

Abstract: Spectrum analysis (SA) capability is included in various communication devices within a communication network. One or more of the devices use the SA information from other devices in the system to determine status of various communication links were devices in the system. One or more processors within one or more devices can identify any actual/existing or expected failure or degradation of the various components within the system. Such components may include communication devices, communication channels or links, interfaces, interconnections, etc. When an actual/existing or expected failure or degradation is identified, the affected components may be serviced or devices within the system may operate to mitigate any reduction in performance caused by such problems. Such SA functionality/capability may be implemented in one communication device or in a distributed manner across a number of devices in a communication system.

Abstract translation: 频谱分析（SA）能力包括在通信网络内的各种通信设备中。 一个或多个设备使用来自系统中其他设备的SA信息来确定系统中的设备的各种通信链路的状态。 一个或多个设备内的一个或多个处理器可以识别系统内各种组件的任何实际/现有或预期的故障或劣化。 这样的组件可以包括通信设备，通信信道或链路，接口，互连等。当识别出实际/现有或预期的故障或劣化时，可以对受影响的组件进行维护，或者系统内的设备可以操作以减轻性能的任何降低 造成这种问题。 这样的SA功能/能力可以在一个通信设备中或以分布式方式跨越通信系统中的多个设备来实现。

公开(公告)号：US08873672B2

公开(公告)日：2014-10-28

申请号：US13848185

申请日：2013-03-21

Applicant: Broadcom Corporation

Inventor： Thomas J. Kolze

IPC: H04L27/00 ,  H04L1/00

CPC classification number: H04L1/0041 ,  H04L1/0065 ,  H04L1/0071

Abstract: Concatenated coding scheme for burst noise and AWGN for multi-channel applications. An appropriately selected and relatively powerful error correction code (ECC) or forward error correction (FEC) code is used as an inner code to cover two or more respective channels that have respectively undergone processing in accordance with an outer code. An input signal stream may undergo partitioning into a number of respective channels (e.g., sub-carriers of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signaling (or different respective blocks or groups of OFDM subcarriers), different respective spreading codes of code division multiple access (CDMA) modulation, etc., or elements of any type of orthogonal signaling scheme) such that those respective channels undergo outer code processing to generate a number of coded signals, and subsequent inner code processing covers two or more of those respective coded signals. Such outer code processing may cover all of the coded signals provided by the inner code processing.

Abstract translation: 用于突发噪声的连续编码方案和用于多通道应用的AWGN。 使用适当选择且相对强大的纠错码（ECC）或前向纠错（FEC）码作为内码来覆盖分别经过根据外码的处理的两个或多个相应频道。 输入信号流可以经历分割成多个相应的信道（例如，正交频分复用（OFDM）信令（或不同的相应块或OFDM子载波组）的子载波，码分多址的不同的相应扩展码 CDMA）调制等，或任何类型的正交信令方案的元件），使得那些各个信道经历外码处理以产生多个编码信号，并且随后的内码处理覆盖那些相应的编码信号中的两个或更多个。 这种外部代码处理可以覆盖由内部代码处理提供的所有编码信号。

公开(公告)号：US20140169424A1

公开(公告)日：2014-06-19

申请号：US14099596

申请日：2013-12-06

Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION

Inventor： Thomas J. Kolze ,  Tak K. Lee ,  Ba-Zhong Shen ,  Richard S. Prodan

IPC: H04L27/26 ,  H04L5/00

CPC classification number: H04L27/2627 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04L1/0057 ,  H04L1/0071 ,  H04L5/003 ,  H04L5/0044

Abstract: A communication device is configured to perform interleaving of a modulation symbol sequence to generate an OFDM symbol. Some modulation symbols within the modulation symbol sequence that are separated by an interleaver depth may be transmitted via adjacently located sub-carriers, while other modulation symbols within the modulation sequence that are separated by more than the interleaver depth may also be transmitted via adjacently located sub-carriers. First adjacently located sub-carriers transmit first and second modulation symbols that are separated by the interleaver depth within the modulation sequence while second adjacently located sub-carriers transmit third and fourth modulation symbol that are separated by more than the interleaver depth within the modulation sequence. A communication device may be configured to adapt and switch between different operational parameters used for interleaving and/or deinterleaving at different times based on any desired considerations.

Abstract translation: 通信设备被配置为执行调制符号序列的交织以生成OFDM符号。 通过交织器深度分隔的调制符号序列内的一些调制符号可以经由相邻位置的子载波发送，而在调制序列内被隔离多于交织器深度的其他调制符号也可以经由相邻位置的子 载体。 首先相邻定位的副载波发送在调制序列内由交织器深度分隔开的第一和第二调制符号，而第二相邻位置的副载波传输在调制序列内分离多于交织器深度的第三和第四调制符号。 通信设备可以被配置为基于任何期望的考虑，在不同时间根据用于交织和/或解交织的不同操作参数之间进行调整和切换。

公开(公告)号：US08751899B2

公开(公告)日：2014-06-10

申请号：US13692020

申请日：2012-12-03

Applicant: Broadcom Corporation

Inventor： Thomas J. Kolze

IPC: H03M13/00

CPC classification number: H03M13/17 ,  H03M13/1515 ,  H03M13/152 ,  H03M13/1545 ,  H03M13/155 ,  H03M13/2732 ,  H03M13/373 ,  H03M13/618 ,  H03M13/6561 ,  H04L1/0045 ,  H04L1/0057 ,  H04L1/0071

Abstract: Handling burst error events with interleaved Reed-Solomon (RS) codes. A received signal, that has undergone convolutional interleaving sometime before, is received from a burst noise affected communication channel. The signal undergoes convolutional deinterleaving and the codewords generated there from undergo appropriate successive cyclic shifting to arrange burst noise affected symbols of various codewords into at least some common symbol locations. For example, at least two codewords have burst noise affected symbols in common symbol locations. An ensemble decoder jointly decodes multiple codewords during a same time period (i.e., processes multiple codewords simultaneously). By processing multiple codewords simultaneously, the ensemble decoder has greater error correction capability than a decoder that processes a single codeword at a time.

Abstract translation: 使用交错的里德 - 所罗门（RS）代码处理突发错误事件。 从突发噪声影响的通信信道接收已经经历了之前经历卷积交织的接收信号。 信号经历卷积解交织，并且在那里产生的码字经历适当的连续循环移位，以将突发噪声影响的各种码字的符号排列到至少一些公共符号位置。 例如，至少两个码字在共同符号位置中具有突发噪声影响的符号。 整体解码器在相同的时间周期内共同解码多个码字（即，同时处理多个码字）。 通过同时处理多个码字，整体解码器具有比一次处理单个码字的解码器更大的纠错能力。

公开(公告)号：US20140126345A1

公开(公告)日：2014-05-08

申请号：US14072991

申请日：2013-11-06

Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION

Inventor： Yitshak Ohana ,  Avi Kliger ,  Thomas J. Kolze

IPC: H04L1/00

CPC classification number: H04L1/0003 ,  H04L1/0009 ,  H04L1/0057 ,  H04L1/0068 ,  H04L1/0071 ,  H04L27/2602

Abstract: A communication device includes a media access control (MAC) and a physical layer (PHY) processor and supports multi-profile communications with one or more other communication devices. The PHY processor selects a profile based on one or more characteristics of a communication pathway between the device and the one or more other communication devices. A profile may include operational parameters such as modulation coding set (MCS), forward error correction (FEC) and/or error correction code (ECC), a number of bits per symbol per sub-carrier and/or sub-carrier mapping (e.g., such as based on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) or orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA)), cyclic prefix, channel(s) used in transmission, bit-filling and shortening, unicast and/or multicast transmission, and/or other operational parameters. The PHY processor also may be configured to operate within at least two different operational modes including a first mode of packet aggregation and a second mode of bit-filling and shortening.

Abstract translation: 通信设备包括媒体访问控制（MAC）和物理层（PHY）处理器，并且支持与一个或多个其他通信设备的多简档通信。 PHY处理器基于设备和一个或多个其他通信设备之间的通信路径的一个或多个特性来选择简档。 简档可以包括诸如调制编码集（MCS），前向纠错（FEC）和/或纠错码（ECC）的操作参数，每个子载波和/或子载波映射（例如， 例如基于正交频分复用（OFDM）或正交频分多址（OFDMA）），循环前缀，在传输中使用的信道，比特填充和缩短，单播和/或多播传输，和/或 其他操作参数。 PHY处理器还可以被配置为在至少两种不同的操作模式中操作，包括第一模式的分组聚合和第二种比特填充和缩短模式。

公开(公告)号：US20130223506A1

公开(公告)日：2013-08-29

申请号：US13780026

申请日：2013-02-28

Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION

Inventor： Thomas J. Kolze

IPC: H04L27/01

CPC classification number: A01F12/46 ,  H04L25/03343 ,  H04L25/03885 ,  H04L27/01 ,  H04L2025/03426 ,  H04L2025/03471 ,  H04L2025/03585 ,  H04L2025/03636

Abstract: Flexible adaptive equalizer. Communications may be supported between two or more respective devices within a communications system via one or more available channels. Such channels may be different respective communication channels or may be logical partitions of a given communication channel. Appropriate adaptation and provision of resources within one or more devices within the system may be performed based upon any of a number of characteristics and/or considerations associated with one or more devices, channels, etc. within the system. A number of equalizer elements may be employed to perform processing of respective signal(s) received via respective channel(s). Adaptation of which equalizer elements are employed for the respective channels may be modified, adapted, etc. over time based upon any of such number of characteristics and/or considerations. Also, a number of pre-equalizer elements may also be employed to perform processing of signal(s) to be transmitted via respective channel(s).

Abstract translation: 灵活的自适应均衡器。 可以经由一个或多个可用信道在通信系统内的两个或更多个相应的设备之间支持通信。 这样的信道可以是不同的各个通信信道，或者可以是给定通信信道的逻辑分区。 可以基于与系统内的一个或多个设备，通道等相关联的许多特征和/或考虑事项中的任何一个来执行系统内的一个或多个设备内的资源的适当的适配和提供。 可以使用多个均衡器元件来执行经由各个信道接收的各个信号的处理。 基于任何这些数量的特征和/或考虑因素，适用于各个信道的均衡器元件的适配可随着时间而被修改，适应等。 此外，还可以使用多个预均衡器元件来执行要经由相应信道发送的信号的处理。

公开(公告)号：US09692624B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-27

申请号：US14723695

申请日：2015-05-28

Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION

Inventor： Thomas J. Kolze ,  Bruce J. Currivan

IPC: H04L27/00 ,  H04L27/34 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04L1/24 ,  H04L27/36 ,  H04L27/26

CPC classification number: H04L27/0008 ,  H04L1/0003 ,  H04L1/0009 ,  H04L1/0015 ,  H04L1/24 ,  H04L27/2604 ,  H04L27/3488 ,  H04L27/362

Abstract: A communication device is configured to perform symbol mapping of bits to generate modulation symbols using one or more modulations. The device may employ a blended modulation composed of bit labels or symbols having different numbers of bits per symbol and different modulations. For example, the device may symbol map bit labels/symbols having first number of bits per symbol to first modulation, and the device may symbol map labels/symbols having second number of bits per symbol to second modulation. The device may be configured to perform forward error correction (FEC) or error correction code (ECC) and coding of information bits to generate coded bits that subsequently undergo symbol mapping. The device may be configured to operate based on different operational modes based on substantially uniform steps of rates, or bits per symbol, and energy per bit or symbol to noise spectral density ratio (Eb/N0 or Es/N0).

公开(公告)号：US20160020930A1

公开(公告)日：2016-01-21

申请号：US14723695

申请日：2015-05-28

Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION

Inventor： Thomas J. Kolze ,  Bruce J. Currivan

IPC: H04L27/00 ,  H04L27/36 ,  H04L1/00

CPC classification number: H04L27/0008 ,  H04L1/0003 ,  H04L1/0009 ,  H04L1/0015 ,  H04L1/24 ,  H04L27/2604 ,  H04L27/3488 ,  H04L27/362

Abstract: A communication device is configured to perform symbol mapping of bits to generate modulation symbols using one or more modulations. The device may employ a blended modulation composed of bit labels or symbols having different numbers of bits per symbol and different modulations. For example, the device may symbol map bit labels/symbols having first number of bits per symbol to first modulation, and the device may symbol map labels/symbols having second number of bits per symbol to second modulation. The device may be configured to perform forward error correction (FEC) or error correction code (ECC) and coding of information bits to generate coded bits that subsequently undergo symbol mapping. The device may be configured to operate based on different operational modes based on substantially uniform steps of rates, or bits per symbol, and energy per bit or symbol to noise spectral density ratio (Eb/N0 or Es/N0).

公开(公告)号：US20140169425A1

公开(公告)日：2014-06-19

申请号：US14099619

申请日：2013-12-06

Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION

Inventor： Thomas J. Kolze ,  Tak K. Lee ,  Ba-Zhong Shen ,  Richard S. Prodan

IPC: H04L25/03 ,  H04L27/26 ,  H04L5/00

CPC classification number: H04L25/03343 ,  H04L1/0003 ,  H04L1/0071 ,  H04L5/0007 ,  H04L5/0044 ,  H04L27/2627

Abstract: A communication device is configured to perform processing of one or more bits to generate a modulation symbol sequence based on one or more profiles that specify variable bit loading of bits per symbol over at least some of the modulation symbols of the modulation symbol sequence. The communication device is also configured to perform interleaving of the modulation symbol sequence to generate OFDM symbol(s). Some modulation symbols within the modulation symbol sequence that are separated by an interleaver depth may be transmitted via adjacently located sub-carriers, while other modulation symbols within the modulation sequence that are separated by more than the interleaver depth may also be transmitted via adjacently located sub-carriers. A communication device may be configured to adapt and switch between different operational parameters used for bit loading, interleaving and/or deinterleaving at different times based on any desired considerations.

Abstract translation: 通信设备被配置为执行一个或多个比特的处理，以基于一个或多个简档来生成调制符号序列，所述一个或多个简档在调制符号序列的至少一些调制符号中指定每个符号的比特的可变比特加载。 通信设备还被配置为执行调制符号序列的交织以生成OFDM符号。 通过交织器深度分隔的调制符号序列内的一些调制符号可以经由相邻位置的子载波发送，而在调制序列内被隔离多于交织器深度的其他调制符号也可以经由相邻位置的子 载体。 通信设备可以被配置为基于任何期望的考虑，在不同的时间根据用于比特加载，交织和/或解交织的不同操作参数之间进行适配和切换。

公开(公告)号：US20130251063A1

公开(公告)日：2013-09-26

申请号：US13848185

申请日：2013-03-21

Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION

Inventor： Thomas J. Kolze

IPC: H04L1/00

CPC classification number: H04L1/0041 ,  H04L1/0065 ,  H04L1/0071

Abstract: Concatenated coding scheme for burst noise and AWGN for multi-channel applications. An appropriately selected and relatively powerful error correction code (ECC) or forward error correction (FEC) code is used as an inner code to cover two or more respective channels that have respectively undergone processing in accordance with an outer code. An input signal stream may undergo partitioning into a number of respective channels (e.g., sub-carriers of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signaling (or different respective blocks or groups of OFDM subcarriers), different respective spreading codes of code division multiple access (CDMA) modulation, etc., or elements of any type of orthogonal signaling scheme) such that those respective channels undergo outer code processing to generate a number of coded signals, and subsequent inner code processing covers two or more of those respective coded signals. Such outer code processing may cover all of the coded signals provided by the inner code processing.

Abstract translation: 用于突发噪声的连续编码方案和用于多通道应用的AWGN。 使用适当选择且相对强大的纠错码（ECC）或前向纠错（FEC）码作为内码来覆盖分别经过根据外码的处理的两个或多个相应频道。 输入信号流可以经历分割成多个相应的信道（例如，正交频分复用（OFDM）信令（或不同的相应块或OFDM子载波组）的子载波，码分多址的不同的相应扩展码 CDMA）调制等，或任何类型的正交信令方案的元件），使得那些各个信道经历外码处理以产生多个编码信号，并且随后的内码处理覆盖那些相应的编码信号中的两个或更多个。 这种外部代码处理可以覆盖由内部代码处理提供的所有编码信号。