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Method and device for protecting modems against echoes

US4823339A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 29, 1987
Grant dateApr 18, 1989
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Expiry dateMay 29, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L27/08
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The device for providing protection against echoes includes a level memory (33) for storing a value Gs and a comparator (34) for comparing the level Gx provided by an AGC device (31) upon receipt of a message with a value Gs stored in the level memory (33) and for supplying a resetting signal to the equalizer (35) for resetting the coefficients thereof to zero together with a signal for storing the level Gx as a new value Gs in the level memory (33) where Gx exceeds Gs by a predetermined value, or for supplying a signal for inhibiting the decoding of the data signals where Gx falls short of Gs by a predetermined value, thereby indicating that the received message is an echo.

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