Abstract:
When a multi-carrier signal is received, it is sampled and digitised before FFT processing, (or wavelet transform processing). Multi-carrier signals consist of many narrow band carrier waves which convey data via a wide band channel. The amplitude distribution of the sum of all the individual carriers is Gaussian. This means that high amplitudes occur with low probability. At the present time, analogue to digital convertors have a limited dynamic range. It is, therefore, normal practice to provide a compromise between cutting and quantisation noise. This means that the adverse effects of a coarse quantisation have to be balanced against signal distortions caused by loss of the low probability high amplitude signals. 00000
Abstract:
Modern multi-carrier techniques using orthogonal carriers with high order QAM constellations for the transmission of a plurality of bits per carrier and symbol, use some method for the determination of an inverse channel model to be used in an equalisation process. In the frequency domain, this is normally based on an estimate of the channel attenuation and phase for each carrier. The present invention provides a simplified method of equalisation that uses data at the symbol detector input and output to adaptively estimate an inverse channel model.
Abstract:
In certain types of transmission system using nQAM it may be desirable to use a control channel superimposed on a nQAM data channel. In such circumstances it is very desirable to be able to separate control channel data from user data without using a higher level protocol layer. For applications in multi-carrier systems with variable bit-loading it is particularly desirable that the control channel data be separable from user data when the value of n, i.e. the bit-loading, or constellation identifier are unknown. Binary data is transmitted using nQAM modulation. The binary data comprises both user data and control data. This means that a control channel is superimposed on a user data channel within the same nQAM constellation. Separation of said control data is facilitated by arranging control data points to have either unique phase, or unique amplitude, values. These unique values are not employed for user data points.
Abstract:
In a multi-carrier system, such as a DMT system, a receiver must be able to recover a sampling clock that is very accurately synchronized to a transmitter sampling clock. Typically, synchronization is achieved by using a reserved carrier, the pilot carrier, which is transmitted with a fixed phase. The receiver sampling clock is then phase locked to the pilot carrier. Frame timing can be recovered by using a correlation technique. The present invention provides an improved method of recovering a sample clock and phase locking the sampling clock to a pilot carrier.
Abstract:
The invention provides a multi-carrier transmission system, for example, a DMT based VDSL system, using orthogonal carriers with high order QAM constellations for the transmission of multiple bits per carrier and symbol, said system including digital receiver and transmitter units, said receiver unit including a symbol detection unit, characterised in that said system is adapted to determining a parameter for each single carrier, said parameter being indicative of a deviation of a received signal from a corresponding constellation point; comparing the parameter with an upper and lower limit; and, if the parameter is outside said limits, changing the constellation used to modulate the carrier to a neighbouring constellation. The symbol detection unit may be used to determine the parameter which may be a ratio d / sigma , where d is the shortest distance between neighbouring constellations, sigma is a standard deviation, and sigma is the variance of the deviations of the input and output signal values of said symbol detection unit.
Abstract:
The invention provides a multi-carrier transmission system, for example, a DMT system, in which channel information is transmitted between two transceivers using a plurality of sub-carriers, characterised in that each sub-carrier, or symbol, has a parameter associated therewith, and in that said transceivers are adapted to transmit said channel information as a sequence of n groups, in which each of said n groups contains information concerning the number of adjacent sub-carriers which have the same value as said parameter, together with the actual value of the parameter. The parameter which may have a plurality of discrete values, may be a bit-loading value, or a QAM constellation identifier.
Abstract:
In a multi-carrier system, such as a DMT system, a receiver must be able to recover a sampling clock that is very accurately synchronized to a transmitter sampling clock. Typically, synchronization is achieved by using a reserved carrier, the pilot carrier, which is transmitted with a fixed phase. The receiver sampling clock is then phase locked to the pilot carrier. Frame timing can be recovered by using a correlation technique. The present invention provides an improved method of recovering a sample clock and phase locking the sampling clock to a pilot carrier.
Abstract:
The present invention simplifies known data scramblers by making use of the synchronisation frames, normally used for measuring channel characteristics, as a source of pseudo-random data which can be combined with incoming user data. The present invention has particular application to multi-carrier transmission systems which employ DMT, or OFDM. Many of these transmission systems send known data, usually referred to as synchronisation frames, to measure channel characteristics such as signal to noise ratio. The known data contained in a synchronisation frame is selected to have a suitable statistical distribution, e.g. pseudo-random. In the data scrambler of the present invention, user data bits are combined with the known synchronisation frame data using an exclusive-OR function. This results in a statistically and computationally efficient scrambling of the user data.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a multi-carrier transmission system, particularly a DMT system, in which data is transmitted between two transceivers using a plurality of carriers, the frequency bandwidth of the system being divided between said plurality of carriers, the transmission system being adapted for operation in a heterogeneous network including a number of subscriber equipments having different channel characteristics and coexisting on the same cable, the length of cable for each subscriber terminal varying in dependence on their respective locations. In accordance with the invention the transmission system includes allocation means for allocating the traffic of subscriber equipments having a shorter length of cable to tones starting from a higher frequency band of said system bandwidth.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a device for cooling optical components (5) based on optical fibers for transmitting high optical power, specifically power exceeding 10OW. The device comprises one or more cavities (2) with a flowing coolant, preferably water, to take care of such optical power loss. The device is characterised by a transmitting construction material (1) having a low heat expansion coefficient arranged in direct connection with the optical components (5) and arranged to transmit power loss radiation into the cavity (2) which is flushed with the flowing coolant. The transmitting construction material (1) is preferably made as a transparent tube and surrounded by a non-transparent tubular casing (3) having a good absorption capacity, preferably made of a metal, so that said cavity is formed between these two materials.