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US 12,199,689 · App. 16/791,260 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Timesharing for low power modes

Inventors: Rainer Strobel (Munich, DE); Lilia Smaoui (Munich, DE); Vladimir Oksman (Morganville, NJ)
Assignee: Intel Germany Gmbh & Co. KG
H04B3/32H04B1/0475H04L5/14H04M11/062H04W72/0446H04W76/28Y02D30/00Y02D30/50
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Patent No.
US 12,199,689
App. No.
16/791,260
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Techniques for implementing timesharing in discontinuous systems, for example to implement low power modes, are discussed. In some embodiments, a set of bit loading tables is determined in advance, and bit loading tables are then selected based on which lines are transmitting and which are quiet.

Claims (29)

1. A device arranged to transmit data in a discontinuous operation network, the device comprising provider equipment configured to:

transmit data onto lines in the discontinuous operation network that transmits data during normal operation and transmits quiet or idle symbols on some lines during discontinuous operation; and

dynamically set a transmission time instance of the data to be transmitted during discontinuous operation, based on a change of a data rate requirement of at least some of the lines,

wherein the device is configured to modify a bit loading and/or gain table for a specific line among the lines during the discontinuous operation based on which other lines are transmitting and which other lines are not.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device is configured to set the transmission time instance of a Time Division Duplexing (TDD) frame.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device is configured to set the transmission time instance by initiating an online reconfiguration procedure.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device is configured to set the transmission time instance based on active configurations of the lines.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device is configured to set the transmission time instance dynamically by setting the transmission time instance during showtime.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device is configured to dynamically set the transmission time instance.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device is configured to set the transmission time instance based on a set of configurations of the lines, a data rate per link, a power of an i th line, a power limit, and a total number of lines.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device is configured to use precoder coefficients of a disabled line to estimate an effect on crosstalk without the disabled line.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device is configured to set the transmission time instance to achieve a power consumption for a set of specific disabled and enabled lines.

10. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device is configured to set the transmission time instance based on a line joining the discontinuous network.

11. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device is configured to transmit the quiet symbols during discontinuous operation with zero power.

12. A device arranged to transmit data in a discontinuous operation network, the device comprising premises equipment configured to:

transmit data onto a line amongst a plurality of lines in the discontinuous operation network, wherein that the data is transmitted during normal operation and transmits quiet or idle symbols on the line during discontinuous operation;

dynamically receive a transmission time instance of the data to be transmitted during discontinuous operation, based on a change of a data rate requirement of the line; and

transmit the data with the transmission time instance of the data,

wherein the device is configured to modify a bit loading and/or gain table for a specific line among the lines during the discontinuous operation based on which other lines are transmitting and which other lines are not.

13. The device of claim 12 , wherein the device is configured to transmit the data with the transmission time instance of the data of a Time Division Duplexing (TDD) frame.

14. The device of claim 12 , wherein the device is configured to transmit the data with the transmission time instance in accordance with an online reconfiguration procedure.

15. The device of claim 12 , wherein the device is configured to set the transmission time instance based on active configurations of the lines.

16. The device of claim 12 , wherein the device is configured to transmit the quiet symbols during discontinuous operation with zero power.

17. A method to transmit data in a discontinuous operation network, the method comprising:

transmitting data onto lines in the discontinuous operation network that transmits data during normal operation and transmits quiet or idle symbols on some lines during discontinuous operation;

dynamically setting a transmission time instance of the data to be transmitted during discontinuous operation, based on a change of a data rate requirement of at least some of the lines,

wherein the device is configured to modify a bit loading and/or gain table for a specific line among the lines during the discontinuous operation based on which other lines are transmitting and which other lines are not.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the step of setting the transmission time instance sets the transmission timing of a Time Division Duplexing (TDD) frame.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the method further comprises the step of initiating an online reconfiguration procedure.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 16, 2022
From: LANTIQ BETEILIGUNGS-GMBH & CO. KG
To: INTEL GERMANY GMBH & CO.KG
Reel/Frame 060072/0414 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation 16131488 · Sep 14, 2018
Continuation 15902638 · Feb 22, 2018
Continuation 14888714
Provisional Application 61819579 · May 5, 2013
Provisional Application 61819580 · May 5, 2013
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