Method for adapting filter cut-off frequencies for the transmission of discrete multitone symbols

1. A method for adapting filter cut-off frequencies for the transmission of discrete multitone symbols, comprising the following steps:

a) applying a transmit symbol datastream consisting of discrete multitone symbols, which is provided by a multitone transmitter device, to an interpolation device;

b) interpolating the transmit symbol datastream with a symbol rate in the interpolation device to provide an interpolated symbol datastream;

c) low-pass filtering of the interpolated symbol datastream in a first low-pass filtering device according to a first filter cut-off frequency, which is predetermined by a first filter cut-off determining device, to provide a filtered symbol datastream;

d) converting the filtered symbol datastream into an analog datastream in a digital-analog converter;

e) transmitting the analog datastream via a transmission channel;

f) converting the transmitted analog datastream into a digital symbol datastream in an analog-digital converter;

g) low-pass filtering the digital symbol datastream in a second low-pass filtering device in accordance with a second filter cut-off frequency, which is predetermined by a second filter cut-off frequency determining device, to provide an equalized symbol datastream;

h) decimating the equalized symbol datastream in a decimation device to provide a decimated received symbol datastream having discrete multitone symbols; and

i) delivering the received symbol datastream to a multitone receiver device;

wherein at least one of the first and the second filter cut-off frequency of the first and the second low-pass filtering device, respectively, is changed during a cyclic prefix of a DMT symbol.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first filter cut-off frequency, which is predetermined by the first filter cut-off frequency determining device, is variably adjusted during low-pass filtering of the interpolated symbol datastream in the first low-pass filtering device.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first filter cut-off frequency, which is predetermined by the first filter cut-off frequency determining device, is adaptively adjusted in accordance with the multitone symbol to be transmitted, during low-pass filtering of the interpolated symbol datastream in the first low-pass filtering device.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second filter cut-off frequency, which is predetermined by the second filter cut-off frequency determining device, is variably adjusted in the second low-pass filtering device during low-pass filtering of the digital symbol datastream.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second filter cut-off frequency, which is predetermined by the second filter cut-off frequency determining device, is adaptively adjusted in the second low-pass filtering device during low-pass filtering of the digital symbol datastream.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the filtered symbol datastream is oversampled with a sampling rate during a conversion of the filtered symbol datastream into the analog datastream in the digital-analog converter.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transmitted analog datastream is oversampled with a sampling rate during conversion of the transmitted analog datastream to the digital symbol datastream in the analog-digital converter.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first filter cut-off frequency of the first low-pass filtering device is changed during a cyclic prefix of a DMT symbol.

9. The method as claimed in one of claim 1 , wherein the second filter cut-off frequency of the second low-pass filtering device is changed during the cyclic prefix.

10. A circuit arrangement for adapting filter cut-off frequencies during transmission of discrete multitone symbols, in which transient effects are reduced, comprising the following:

a) a multitone transmitter device for providing a transmit symbol datastream having discrete multitone symbols;

b) an interpolation device for interpolating the transmit symbol datastream having discrete multitone symbols, to provide an interpolated symbol datastream;

c) a first filter cut-off frequency determining device for providing a first filter cut-off frequency;

d) a first low-pass filtering device for low-pass filtering of the interpolated symbol datastream in accordance with the first filter cut-off frequency predetermined by the first filter cut-off frequency determining device, to provide a filtered symbol datastream;

e) a digital-analog converter for converting the filtered symbol datastream to an analog datastream;

f) a transmission channel for transmitting the analog datastream;

g) an analog-digital converter for converting the transmitted analog datastream to a digital symbol datastream;

h) a second filter cut-off frequency determining device for providing a second filter cut-off frequency;

i) a second low-pass filtering device for low-pass filtering of the digital symbol datastream on the basis of a second filter cut-off frequency predetermined by the second filter cut-off frequency determining device, to provide an equalized symbol datastream;

j) a decimation device for decimating the equalized symbol datastream in order to provide a decimated received symbol datastream having discrete multitone symbols; and

k) a multitone receiver device for further processing of the received symbol datastream;

wherein at least one of the first and the second filter cut-off frequency determining devices is configured to change at least one of the first and second filter cut-off frequency of the first and the second low-pass filtering device, respectively, during a cyclic prefix of a DMT symbol.

11. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the first low-pass filtering device is constructed as a first adaptive filtering device.

12. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the second low-pass filtering device is a second adaptive filtering device.

13. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the second low-pass filtering device is a second adaptive filtering device.

14. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the first low-pass filtering device is constructed as a first filtering device which can be reprogrammed in the first filter cut-off frequency.

15. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the first low-pass filtering device is constructed as a first filtering device which can be reprogrammed in the first filter cut-off frequency.

16. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the first low-pass filtering device is constructed as a first filtering device which can be reprogrammed in the first filter cut-off frequency.

17. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the second low-pass filtering device is constructed as a second filtering device which can be reprogrammed in the second filter cut-off frequency.

18. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the second low-pass filtering device is constructed as a second filtering device which can be reprogrammed in the second filter cut-off frequency.

19. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the second low-pass filtering device is constructed as a second filtering device which can be reprogrammed in the second filter cut-off frequency.