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 invention relates to an arrangement for synchronization of nodes in VDSL-systems, or more exactly, synchronization of optical VDSL-nodes (2) which share a common part of a cable in the access network between the subscribers (3) and the local station (1). The invention provides a time synchronization towards an external system (7), for instance GPS, which gives a time reference by which the different nodes can be synchronized. The synchronization reduces the near end cross talk between the VDSL-systems in the different nodes. Preferably respective node includes a receiver (6) for a synchronization signal and an internal oscillator with high stability to deliver a stable clock signal.
Abstract:
With OFDM systems the frequency domain data is the Fourier transform of the received time domain OFDM frames. The time domain frames must be sampled, at the receiver, in synchronism with the transmitter, so that each received frame contains data from only a single transmitted frame. It is vital for this synchronism to be maintained in order to maintain the orthogonality of the frames. A typical multi-carrier system, of the OFDM type, which uses a cyclic prefix permits orthogonality to be maintained when there is a small deviation from exact frame synchronisation. Because the signalling interval includes both an entire frame and the cyclic prefix, which is a repetition of part of the frame, a frame sampled within the signalling interval will contain data from only one frame. Since the signalling interval is greater than the frame period, this gives some leeway in frame alignment. The present invention provides a mechanism for achieving frame synchronisation, in the frequency domain, by utilising this fact. The first step in synchronising a receiver with a transmitter, on signal acquisition, is to determine the interval in which orthogonality exists. Once this has been achieved an argument function is calculated from the received frame. This argument function can then be used to improve the synchronisation. The present invention is particularly suitable for use in ADSL and VDSL modems which can be used to give broadband access over copper networks. The invention is also of relevance to broadband transmission in mobile and semi-mobile systems for transmission over the radio channels.
Abstract:
In a two-way multi-carrier transmission system, such as a DMT system, in which there can be dynamic changes in the transmission parameters, some means must be provided for maintaining synchronisation between transmitter and receiver when the transmission parameters change. The first stage of such a process requires that changes of parameter be notified by one transceiver to the other, involved in an active communication process, over a slow transmission channel, the control channel. Subsequently the synchronisation of the transceivers is adjusted simultaneously, i.e. from a predetermined DMT symbol. Such adjustements in time synchronisation must be achieved with a minimum of overhead. 00000
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?2/σ2¿, where d is the shortest distance between neighbouring constellations, σ is a standard deviation, and σ2 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 modulated with symbols, each of which represents a multiplicity of bits, each of said transceivers including a receiver and a transmitter, in which a fixed maximum value is determined for the number of bits for each symbol, and in which the system is adapted to determine the bit capacity per symbol of each of said plurality of sub-carriers, and to increase the number of bits represented by a symbol, transmitted over those sub-carriers having a capacity less than the fixed maximum value, to said maximum value by the addition of channel coding bits. The fixed maximum value for the number of bits for each symbol may be determined on the basis of the bit capacity of that one of the sub-carriers having the highest theoretical bit capacity and may be at least as large as said theoretical bit capacity.
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.