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Method and apparatus for clock recovery in XDSL transceivers

US8705676B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 15, 2010
Grant dateApr 22, 2014
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Expiry dateJul 1, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L27/2676
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A multi-tone transceiver including: a transform component, a tone selector, an error detector, an aggregator and an oscillator. The transform component transforms received communications from the time domain to the frequency domain. The tone selector selects a sub-set of the received tones which exhibit an elevated signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) as a clock recovery tone set (CRTS) and drops and add tones to the CRTS as required by changes in the SNR of the individual tones. The error detector detects phase errors in each received tone of the CRTS. The aggregator calculates an average aggregate phase error from all tones in the CRTS. The oscillator controls clocking of the transceiver. The oscillator is responsive to the average aggregate phase error to adjust a clock phase in a direction which reduces a phase error with a clock on the opposing transceiver.

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