Systems and methods selectively excluding tones from vectoring
View Patent ↗A discrete multi-tone (DMT) transceiver communicates tones across a subscriber line. Vectoring is employed in an effort to reduce the effects of crosstalk. However, for some tones, such as tones significantly affected by radio frequency interference (RFI) or other forms of alien noise, vectoring may actually introduce distortions such that the vectoring degrades rather than improves overall signal quality. Control logic of the DMT transceiver is configured to sense when tones are affected by significant levels of alien noise and to exclude such tones from vectoring, thereby improving signal quality for such tones. The control logic also may lower the constellation densities of such tones in order to accommodate the vectoring exclusions applied to such tones.
1. A discrete multi-tone (DMT) communication system, comprising:
a plurality of transmitters coupled to a plurality of subscriber lines;
a plurality of receivers coupled to the plurality of subscriber lines;
vector logic configured to receive symbols of tones communicated across the subscriber lines, the tones including at least a first tone and a second tone, the vector logic configured to perform vectoring for each of the tones, thereby adjusting the symbols based on vectoring coefficients to compensate the symbols for crosstalk; and
control logic configured to measure a parameter indicative of alien noise from one of the subscriber lines, the control logic further configured to disable the vectoring for at least the first tone based on the parameter.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control logic is configured to perform a comparison between the parameter and a threshold and to disable the vectoring for the first tone in response to the comparison.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the vector logic is configured to calculate a first vectoring coefficient for the first tone and to interpolate a second vectoring coefficient for the second tone based on the first vectoring coefficient, and wherein the control logic is configured to disable the vectoring for the second tone based on whether the second vectoring coefficient is interpolated from the first vectoring coefficient.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control logic is configured to adjust a constellation density for the first tone based on the parameter.
5. A discrete multi-tone (DMT) system, comprising:
a plurality of transmitters coupled to a plurality of subscriber lines;
a plurality of receivers coupled to the plurality of subscriber lines; and
logic configured to measure a parameter indicative of alien noise from one of the subscriber lines, the logic further configured to determine, based on the parameter, whether to perform vectoring on a symbol for a first tone communicated across the one subscriber line.
6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the logic is configured to perform the vectoring on the symbol in response to a determination that the alien noise is below a threshold.
7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the logic is configured to refrain from performing the vectoring on the symbol in response to a determination that the alien noise exceeds a threshold.
8. The system of claim 5 , wherein the logic is configured to exclude the first tone from the vectoring based on the parameter, and wherein the logic is configured to exclude from the vectoring a second tone communicated across the one subscriber line based on exclusion of the first tone from the vectoring and based on whether a vectoring coefficient for the second tone is based on a vectoring coefficient for the first tone.
9. The system of claim 5 , wherein the logic is configured to adjust a constellation density for the first tone based on the parameter.
10. The system of claim 5 , wherein the logic is configured to perform the vectoring on the symbol for the first tone and to subsequently disable vectoring for the first tone based on the parameter.
11. A method for use in a discrete multi-tone (DMT) system, comprising:
communicating a first plurality of tones across a first subscriber line, the first plurality of tones including at least a first tone and a second tone;
communicating a second plurality of tones across a second subscriber line;
performing vectoring for the first and second plurality of tones thereby compensating symbols of the first and second plurality of tones for crosstalk;
determining an extent to which alien noise is affecting the first tone; and
disabling the vectoring for the first tone based on the determining.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the determining comprises:
measuring a parameter indicative of the alien noise; and
comparing the parameter to a threshold.
13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
determining whether a vectoring coefficient for the second tone is based on a vectoring coefficient for the first tone; and
disabling the vectoring for the second tone based on the determining whether the vectoring coefficient for the second tone is based on the vectoring coefficient for the first tone.
14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising adjusting a constellation density for the first tone based on the determining.
15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the performing comprises performing the vectoring for the first tone prior to the disabling.
16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the logic is configured to disable vectoring for the first tone based on a comparison of the parameter to a threshold.