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Echo canceller with means for determining filter coefficients from autocorrelation and cross-correlation coefficients

US5062102A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 1, 1989
Grant dateOct 29, 1991
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Expiry dateDec 1, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B3/238
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a data transmission system where a first signal partially leaks as an echo from a first transmission line to a second transmission line through a hybrid circuit to form a mixed signal of the echo and a second signal on the second transmission line, an echo canceller is used for cancelling the echo by producing an echo replica at a transversal filter according to filter coefficients and subtracting the echo replica from the mixed signal. In order to reliably generate the filter coefficient for a reduced time duration, a series of autocorrelation coefficients of the first signal and a series of cross-correlation coefficients between the first and the mixed signals are calculated at calculators and the filter coefficients are determined from both of the autocorrelation and the cross-correlation coefficient series at a coefficient determining circuit. The coefficient determining circuit may be an arithmetic circuit for solving simultaneous linear equations. Another circuit for determining the filter coefficients may be a circuit where a first filter coefficient is determined by detecting the maximum value and the corresponding delay time from the series of cross-correlation coeffici…

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