Transceiver power backoff

1. A method of setting transmit power backoff of a transceiver within a network, comprising:

estimating a channel loss of a channel of the transceiver;

obtaining channel loss information, the channel loss information comprising estimates of channel loss of other channels of the network;

obtaining crosstalk information, the crosstalk information comprising estimates of crosstalk between the channel and other channels of the network;

setting the power backoff based on the channel loss of the channel, the crosstalk information, and a maximum channel loss of channel losses of the other channels of the network, wherein setting the power backoff additionally includes factoring a type of channel used to provide each of the channels of the network, the type of channel comprising at least one of a cable type and a connector type, and factoring a procedure for installing of each of the channels of the network, wherein separate LUTs are provided for each of a plurality types of channels of the network, and separate LUTs are provided for each of a plurality types of installation procedures of the network.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein setting the power backoff for the channel further comprises:

setting the power backoff based on a range of channel losses of the other channels of the network.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the lengths of the channels are automatically measured.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein setting the power backoff for the channel further comprises:

setting the power backoff based on a maximum channel loss and a minimum channel loss of the other channel losses of the other channels of the network.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the channel loss of each channel is determined from a length of each channel.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein the lengths of the channels are measured by timing transmission through the channels.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein setting the power backoff comprises selecting one of plurality of power backoff settings, each power backoff setting including a plurality of different settings for a plurality of different transmitter frequencies.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining crosstalk information comprises deriving the crosstalk information based upon a type of channel used to provide the channel, the type of channel comprising at least one of a cable type and a connector type.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining crosstalk information comprises deriving the crosstalk information based upon a type of channel used to provide the channel, and a type of channel used to provide the other channels of the network, the type of channel comprising at least one of a cable type and a connector type.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining crosstalk information comprises receiving the crosstalk information from a system operator.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining channel loss information comprises receiving the channel loss information from a system operator.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein calculating the power backoff additionally includes factoring a known crosstalk margin relative to cable type crosstalk specifications.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein setting the power backoff comprises selecting one of plurality of power backoff settings, each power backoff setting having a different power spectral density.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein calculating the power backoff comprises accessing a look up table (LUT) that includes entries corresponding to a channel loss of the channel.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the loss of the other channels includes a range of losses of the other channels.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the losses of the other channels includes a maximum loss of the other channels.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the losses of the other channels includes maximum and minimum losses of the other channels.

18. The method of claim 5 , wherein calculating the power backoff comprises accessing a look up table (LUT) that includes entries corresponding to a channel length of the channel.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the lengths of the other channels includes a range of lengths of the other channels.

20. The method of claim 18 , wherein the lengths of the other channels includes a maximum length of the other channels.

21. The method of claim 1 , further comprising updating the crosstalk information and the power backoff, based upon measurements of cross-talk between the channels.

22. The method of claim 1 , wherein the channel loss of the channel includes a magnitude of insertion loss in a frequency domain, and the channel loss of other channels includes a magnitude of insertion loss of the other channels in the frequency domain.

23. The method of claim 22 , wherein the magnitude of insertion loss in the frequency domain of the channel is approximated by at least one of a middle, mean or median value of the magnitude of the insertion loss in the frequency domain.

24. The method of claim 22 , wherein the magnitude of insertion loss in the frequency domain of the other channels are approximated by at least one of a middle, mean or median values of the magnitude of the insertion losses in the frequency domain.

25. The method of claim 22 , wherein setting the power backoff comprises determining an insertion loss quality parameter comprising at least one of a mean of a log of insertion loss, a middle of the log of the insertion loss, a median of the log of the insertion loss.

26. The method of claim 22 , wherein setting the power backoff comprises determining an crosstalk quality parameter comprising at least one of a mean of a log of crosstalk, a middle of the log of the crosstalk, a median of the log of the cross talk.

27. The method of claim 14 , further comprising updating the LUT based upon system measurements of cross talk between the channels.

28. A transceiver within a network, comprising:

a transmission channel;

means for obtaining crosstalk information between the channel and other channels of the network;

means for estimating channel loss of the channel;

means for obtaining channel loss information for other channels of the network;

means for setting the power backoff based on the channel loss of the channel, the crosstalk information and a maximum channel loss of channel losses of the other channels of the network, wherein setting the power backoff additionally includes factoring a type of channel used to provide each of the channels of the network, the type of channel comprising at least one of a cable type and a connector type, and factoring a procedure for installing of each of the channels of the network, wherein separate LUTs are provided for each of a plurality types of channels of the network, and separate LUTs are provided for each of a plurality types of installation procedures of the network.

29. The transceiver of claim 28 , comprising setting the power backoff based on a range of channel losses of the other channels of the network.

30. The transceiver of claim 28 , comprising setting the power backoff based on a maximum channel loss and a minimum channel loss of the other channel losses of the other channels of the network.

31. The method of claim 28 , wherein the channel loss information includes channel lengths of the other channels of the network.

32. A method of setting transmit power backoff of a transceiver within a network, comprising:

estimating a channel length of a channel of the transceiver;

obtaining channel length information, the channel length information comprising estimates of channel length of other channels of the network;

obtaining crosstalk information, the crosstalk information comprising estimates of crosstalk between the channel and other channels of the network;

setting the power backoff based on the channel loss of the channel, the crosstalk information, and a maximum channel loss of channel losses of the other channels of the network, wherein setting the power backoff additionally includes factoring a type of channel used to provide each of the channels of the network, the type of channel comprising at least one of a cable type and a connector type, and factoring a procedure for installing of each of the channels of the network, wherein separate LUTs are provided for each of a plurality types of channels of the network, and separate LUTs are provided for each of a plurality types of installation procedures of the network.

33. The method of claim 32 , wherein setting the power backoff for the channel comprises:

setting the power backoff based on a range of channel losses of the other channels of the network.

34. The method of claim 32 , wherein obtaining channel length information comprises receiving channel loss information from a system operator.

35. A method of setting transmit power backoff of a transceiver, comprising:

estimating a channel loss of a channel of the transceiver;

obtaining channel loss information, the channel loss information comprising estimates of channel loss of other channels that receive crosstalk from the channel;

obtaining crosstalk information, the crosstalk information comprising estimates of crosstalk between the channel and the other channels that receive crosstalk from the channel;

setting the power backoff based on the channel loss of the channel, the crosstalk information, and a maximum channel loss of channel losses of the other channels of the network, wherein setting the power backoff additionally includes factoring a type of channel used to provide each of the channels of the network, the type of channel comprising at least one of a cable type and a connector type, and factoring a procedure for installing of each of the channels of the network, wherein separate LUTs are provided for each of a plurality types of channels of the network, and separate LUTs are provided for each of a plurality types of installation procedures of the network.

36. A method of setting transmit power backoff of a transceiver, comprising:

estimating a channel loss of a channel of the transceiver;

obtaining channel loss information, the channel loss information comprising estimates of channel loss of other channels that channel receives crosstalk from;

obtaining crosstalk information, the crosstalk information comprising estimates of crosstalk between the channel and the other channels that receive crosstalk from the channel;

setting the power backoff based on the channel loss of the channel, the crosstalk information, and a maximum channel loss of channel losses of the other channels of the network, wherein setting the power backoff additionally includes factoring a type of channel used to provide each of the channels of the network, the type of channel comprising at least one of a cable type and a connector type, and factoring a procedure for installing of each of the channels of the network, wherein separate LUTs are provided for each of a plurality types of channels of the network, and separate LUTs are provided for each of a plurality types of installation procedures of the network.