Abstract:
A far-end modem (300) transmits a "pilot tone" during the time that a near-end modem (100) is training its echo canceller (650). Correspondingly, the near-end modem (100) is modified to notch or filter out this pilot tone from the received signal. The filtered received signal is then used by the near-end modem (100) to train its echo canceller (650).
Abstract:
A Mobile Switching Center (MSC) includes a cellular modem pool (230) that comprises a number of pairs of modems in which the data terminal equipment (DTE) ports of each modem pair are cross-connected in a 'back-to-back' fashion. This allows the two modems of each pair to interchange data via their DTE ports and thereby isolate that portion of a cellular fax call over the cellular communications channel (200) from that portion of the cellular fax call through the PSTN. Fax information is transmitted over the PSTN-portion of the cellular fax call using a '1-D' fax compression scheme. However, fax information is transmitted over the cellular-portion of the cellular fax call using a '2-D' fax compression scheme and a data modulation as specified in AT & T Paradyne's 'Enhanced Throughput Cellular' (ETC) Protocol. The fax terminal equipment at the cellular end of the cellular fax call is configured to perform fax compression/decompression using the '2-D' fax compression scheme. The PSTN-side modem (300) of the cellular modem pool performs the translation between the '2-D' and '1-D' fax compression schemes transmitted on the cellular-side and PSTN-side, respectively.
Abstract:
A processor (650) of a cellular modem (100) monitors for the presence of a residual echo signal during a full-duplex portion of a training sequence. In particular, the processor (650) monitors an equalizer error signal during a full-duplex training phase that follows the half-duplex training phase for the echo canceller. If the processor (650) detects a level of the error signal greater than a predefined threshold, it presumes the increase in the error signal is due to the presence of a residual echo signal and performs a predefined adjustment of the echo filter taps of the corresponding echo canceller of the cellular modem (100).