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Common control digital echo suppressor

US4029912A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 10, 1975
Grant dateJun 14, 1977
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Expiry dateDec 10, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B3/20
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A common control digital echo suppressor is disclosed which is configurable as full or split selectively on a channel-by-channel basis. Improved break-in and reduced hangover are provided by an arrangement for approximating the anticipated echo signals more accurately and by a wait-window technique to better distinguish between impulse noise and speech for break-in. The echo signal arrangement accurately approximates anticipated echo during both the rising and falling portions of speech signals. The wait-window technique provides for substantially instantaneous break-in, then a short wait period for impulse noise to subside, followed by a speech sampling window. If outgoing signals are detected during the window, suppression removal goes into a full break-in state. Otherwise, suppression is reinserted at the end of the window.

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