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Codec supporting PCM modem communications over a universal digital loop carrier

US6151364A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 30, 1998
Grant dateNov 21, 2000
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Expiry dateOct 30, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L25/4927
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A codec supports PCM modem communications (e.g., V.90, X2, or K56flex protocols) over a universal digital loop carrier (UDLC) having an analog interface to the central office (CO). The codec includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that is synchronized to the CO clock, and an equalizer that has been trained to provide a transfer function to compensate for the distortion introduced by the CO line interface reconstruction filter and connecting circuits, to minimize resampling error. The features allow the codec to output a PCM stream that accurately reproduces the PCM data at the central office, at data rates sufficient to support PCM modem communications, as well as voice and conventional modem communications.

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