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6823004 Methods, systems and computer program products for monitoring performance of a modem during a connection  
Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for monitoring performance of a modem which obtain diagnostic data directly from memory associated with the modem's digital signal...
6823024 Compensation circuit and method for compensating for an offset  
To demodulate a frequency-modulated signal having an offset, two time constants are provided in a filter unit. The filter unit has two analog or digital low-pass filters or high-pass filters. A...
6819716 System, device, and method for time-domain equalizer training using injected out-of-band noise  
A system, device, and method for time-domain equalizer training injects noise into the received training signal prior to determining time-domain equalizer coefficients and determines the...
6819880 Loss of signal detection circuit for light receiver  
An increase in the code error rate in a received signal is detected in a light receiver. An loss of signal detector circuit for a light receiver 20 comprises a main discrimination circuit 8 a ...
6816544 High performance communications interface  
A parallel interface is provided between a standard parallel port of a computer system and a modem so as to increase the data transfer rate between the two systems without modifying the hardware of...
6810076 Efficient echo canceller for ADSL applications  
Architecture of an efficient adaptive digital echo canceller includes a frequency domain update block, a far-end signal estimation block and a time domain echo cancellation block. The echo...
6810077 System and method for providing informative communication  
A system and method for providing informative communications while a connection is being established between two communications devices, such as computers or facsimile machines. The method includes...
6807195 Synchronization arrangement for packet cable telephony modem  
The generation and upstream transmission of voice packets in an HFC network is controlled by including a synchronization circuit in the broadband terminal interface unit. The synchronization...
6804292 Broadband I/O circuits, interface and bus  
A broadband digital communications link, protocol and related I/O circuits are provided which use an embedded control channel and a frame structure for transferring control information between...
6804267 Transceiver training for DSL modems under TCM-ISDN interference  
Transceiver training is optimized for xDSL modems operating in TCM-ISDN environments under NEXT and FEXT interference. Current ITU-T draft recommendations provide for dual bitmaps that are switched...
6801570 Intelligent rate option determination method applied to ADSL transceiver  
A system and method that generates rate options for ADSL transceivers is described. The system and method dedicates discrete multitone symbol bandwidth to bearer channels based on a prioritization...
6801495 High capacity robust modem for multiple classes of services  
A low-cost data communication system and method using modems to provide high speed multi-class services to subscribers is disclosed. In the present invention, an n-bit orthogonal modulating code is...
6799056 Computer system including multi-channel wireless communication link to a remote station  
A computer system which is capable of transmitting information content through walls and other barriers to a remote station such as a home entertainment system. The system tests a plurality of...
6799030 Method and apparatus for low power operation of an RF wireless modem  
The present invention provides for a method and apparatus for extending battery life in a radio frequency (“RF”) wireless modem by automatically commanding the RF modem into a low power,...
6798829 Transmitting apparatus and transmitting method, receiving apparatus and receiving method, and distribution medium  
Upon reception of the group ID and sound volume control signal, a selecting means refers to a control group ID management memory to determined whether the part being supplied belongs to the...
6799225 Controllerless modem  
A computer system implements a standard modem without the use of a microcontroller. Instead, a digital signal processor is provided on an expansion card, but with direct links to the computer...
6792030 Method and apparatus for delivering non-obtrusive data services by spread spectrum modulation  
The invention provides a method and apparatus for establishing a non-obtrusive data channel within a voice communication channel to transmit data during an audio transmission without disruption....
6792039 Method for controlled reducing of processor utilization by a soft modem and a soft modem with controlled different processor utilization modes  
A soft modem having a plurality of selectable operational modes. Each of the operational modes has a different nominal processor utilization level. The soft modem uses a method for changing its...
6791993 Virtual gateway system and method  
Existing (already installed) plain old telephone service (POTS) wiring at a customer premises is used as the wiring infrastructure for a local area network and additionally continues to provide...
6792040 Modems having a dual power mode capability and methods of operating same  
Modems, methods, and computer program products provide a dual power mode capability in which a maximum power limit is determined for a received signal and, based on that determination, at least one...
6788705 Transmitting DSL startup parameters over a voice channel  
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) modems allow high-speed data to be sent over telephone lines normally used for analog voice service. In cases of impaired DSL line performance, diagnostic information...
6785326 Method and apparatus for detecting and compensating digital losses in a communications network  
The present invention relates generally to impairment detection and compensation in a communications network. One embodiment includes a method for generating an adaptive Digital Impairment Learning...
6785556 Method and apparatus for a software configurable wireless modem adaptable for multiple modes of operation  
The present invention provides for a software configurable wireless modem that can be configured using software downloaded by a host computer. The user can select a preferred mode of operation, or...
6785339 Method and apparatus for providing speech quality based packet enhancement in packet switched networks  
An apparatus ( 200 ) checks voice quality when in a vocoder bypass mode. If the voice quality level is beyond an acceptable range, the apparatus ( 200 ) ends the vocoder bypass mode and returns to...
6782042 Methods and devices for simplifying blind channel estimation of the channel impulse response for a DMT signal  
Blind channel estimates of the impulse response of a channel are determined for discrete multitone modulated (“DMT”) signals. Novel methods and devices used to complete the estimates make use...
6778595 ADSL modem  
An ADSL modem connected to the telephone line is disclosed, which even in the case where a plurality of ADSL modems are connected to a single telephone line installed in a SOHO application or in...
6778596 Method and multi-carrier transceiver with stored application profiles for supporting multiple applications  
A digital subscriber line system includes two transceivers in communication over a communication channel using multicarrier modulation. Application profiles are defined for characterizing...
6778597 Distinguishing between final coding of received signals in a PCM modem  
A method for determining the encoding law of an incoming signal in a network which possibly contains an A-μ or μ-A conversion includes obtaining digital impairment learning (DIL) probing data,...
6775297 Computer-based conversion of digital signals  
An apparatus for transforming digital data into encoded digital data describing analog signals representing the digital data. The apparatus comprises a CPU, memory, and control logic for the data...
6775320 Method and a multi-carrier transceiver supporting dynamic switching between active application sets  
A transceiver and method for communicating over a communications channel having a plurality of subchannels are described. In particular, the transceiver is capable of dynamically switching between...
6771697 Spread spectrum handshake for digital subscriber line telecommunications systems  
Handshake information for xDSL services is transmitted utilizing a spread spectrum modulated system where a plurality (n) of carrier tones (n>2) are summed and utilized as a spread spectrum...
6771696 Integrated modem and line-isolation circuitry and associated method utilizing a DC termination pin to monitor line voltage  
An improved modem architecture and associated method are disclosed that integrate modem and line-isolation circuitry so as to achieve modem functionality and system-side isolation functionality on...
6771695 Low-complexity DMT transceiver  
A DMT signal conforming to a first DMT standard (e.g., the full-rate G.dmt standard based on 255 tones) is sampled at a sampling rate for the first DMT standard, filtered to attenuate a subset of...
6768912 Radio base station apparatus with inter-shelf communication  
A radio base station apparatus includes first and second shelves having a similar structure, each shelf includes a shelf current use system transmission signal processing circuit, a shelf standby...
6769132 Signal splitter matrix for a cable modem termination system  
In a cable data system, several frequency division multiplexed upstream data signals on an individual cable can be selectively routed to frequency-selective band pass filters using a relay matrix...
6768771 Multimode modem with automatic negotiation of operational mode  
Apparatus and methods for determining an operational mode of a far-end modem are disclosed. Where the multimode modem is a call initiator, a method according to the invention includes transmitting...
6768777 Method and apparatus for calculating the number of very high speed digital subscriber line nodes  
A method is provided for estimating a number of digital subscriber line nodes ( 220, 230 ) required to supply, from a line supply source ( 200 ), a geographically distributed network of...
6766162 Message notification system for wireless communication system  
A method and apparatus for indicating message status in a wireless communication system comprising a base station configured to communicate with at least one mobile unit over a wireless interface....
6765925 Apparatus and method of maintaining state in a data transmission system  
An apparatus and method of maintaining state information for a network device changing from a first channel (in communication with a first base unit) to a second channel (in communication with a...
6765967 PCM codec and modem for 56k bi-directional transmission  
A high-speed analog subscriber modem operates at speeds as high as 64 kbps in both the downlink and uplink directions using a standard POTS line augmented with an enhanced codec. This enables...
6765955 Methods, systems and computer program products establishing a communication configuration for a modem connection to compensate for echo noise  
Methods, systems and computer program products for configuring a modem communication session when conditions associated with echo noise on a digitally discontinuous channel are detected are...
6765956 Multiple sampling frame synchronization in a wireline modem  
A modem comprises circuitry for receiving an analog signal from a line and circuitry for converting the analog signal to a digital signal. The digital signal comprises a plurality of ideal sample...
6763018 Distributed protocol processing and packet forwarding using tunneling protocols  
A high density network access server implements a tunneling protocol between a modem module and a route server module. PPP and routing control packets received from the PPP link are tunneled to the...
6763060 Communication system employing a network of power managed transceivers that can generate a clocking signal or enable data bypass of a digital system associated with each transceiver  
A communication system is provided for interconnecting a network of digital systems. The communication system includes a communication line and a transceiver placed between the communication line...
6760300 High speed wireless OFDM transceiver modem  
An apparatus for receiving and/or transmitting signals using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, said apparatus being adapted for outputting a first output signal, comprising: a time...
6760368 Fast retraining method, apparatus, and storage medium in an xDSL transceiver  
The process in an xDSL transceiver transfers into a fast retraining sequence when the cause of an error on a telephone circuit is a change from an off hook state to an on hook state of a telephone...
6760333 Hybrid digital subscriber loop and voice-band universal serial bus modem  
A Universal Serial Bus (USB) modem ( 14 ) having two operating modes, namely Digital Subscriber Loop (DSL) mode and a voice-band mode, is disclosed. A USB interface device ( 30 ) is coupled to a...
6757732 Text-based communications over a data network  
A communications system ( 10 ) includes a packet-based data network ( 12 ) that is coupled to various network elements ( 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 , and 34 ) that are capable of participating in...
6757325 Methods, modems and computer program products for identification of a modem type and adjustment of a communication configuration based on modem type  
Methods, modems and computer program products for detecting whether a remote modem is of a particular design type and for adjusting the communication configuration for a communication session based...
6757764 Method and apparatus for transferring information using a constant frequency  
An information transfer apparatus including an information source connected to an information to constant frequency converter, a transmitter connected to the information to constant frequency...