Method, medium, program product, and modem for setting modulation modes

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11606165-B2
Application number	US-202217573188-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 11, 2022
Priority date	Jan 12, 2021
Publication date	Mar 14, 2023
Grant date	Mar 14, 2023

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method, a medium, a program product, and a modem for setting modulation modes. The method includes detecting by a modem whether a modulation mode of the modem is inverted, the modem being capable of operating in a plurality of modulation modes, and each modulation mode having a different modulation order; and in response to the determination that the number of times of inversion of the modulation mode within a first predetermined time has reached a threshold, setting by the modem the modulation mode of the modem to a modulation mode other than a modulation mode with the highest modulation order in all modulation modes included in the inversion process and maintaining the set modulation mode for a second predetermined time. By the above method, the modulation mode is prevented from repeatedly inverting, thereby maintaining the downstream data throughput at a high level.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A modem, including
a memory, in which an instruction is stored; and
a processor, configured to execute the instruction stored in the memory to cause the modem to execute the following operations:
detecting whether a modulation mode of the modem is inverted, the modem being capable of operating in a plurality of modulation modes, and each modulation mode having a different modulation order; and
in response to the determination that the number of times of inversion of the modulation mode within a first predetermined time has reached a threshold, setting the modulation mode of the modem to a modulation mode with a lowest modulation order in all modulation modes included in the inversion process and maintaining the set modulation mode for a second predetermined time.

2. The modem according to claim 1 , wherein,
the modulation mode corresponds to quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM)-based OFDM modulation, and the modulation order of the modulation mode is the modulation order of QAM.

3. The modem according to claim 1 , wherein, the processor is further configured to execute the instruction stored in the memory to cause the modem to execute the following operation:
determining that an inversion of the modulation mode has occurred when it is detected that the modulation mode of the modem is switched from a modulation mode of a first modulation order to a modulation mode of a second modulation order, and then to a modulation mode of a third modulation order,
wherein, the second modulation order is smaller than each of the first modulation order and the third modulation order.

4. The modem according to claim 1 , wherein, the processor is further configured to execute the instruction stored in the memory to cause the modem to execute the following operation:
setting the modulation mode of the modem to a modulation mode with the lowest modulation order included in the last inversion.

5. The modem according to claim 1 , wherein the setting the modulation mode of the modem to a modulation mode with the lowest modulation order in all modulation modes included in the inversion process comprises switching from a next lowest order mode to a lowest order mode.

6. The modem according to claim 5 , wherein, the processor is further configured to execute the instruction stored in the memory to cause the modem to execute the following operation:
setting the modulation mode of the modem to the modulation mode with the lowest modulation order in all the modulation modes included in the inversion process if during the inversion process, there is a switch from a modulation mode with the lowest modulation order included in the last inversion to a modulation mode with the lowest modulation order in all the modulation modes.

7. The modem according to claim 1 , wherein, the processor is further configured to execute the instruction stored in the memory to cause the modem to execute the following operation:
after the expiration of the second predetermined time, if a test result of a modulation mode with a modulation order higher than the modulation order of the set modulation mode by the modem satisfies a switching condition, the modulation mode of the modem will be switched from the set modulation mode to the modulation mode with the modulation order higher than the modulation order of the set modulation mode.

8. A method for setting a modulation mode, including:
detecting by a modem whether a modulation mode of the modem is inverted, the modem being capable of operating in a plurality of modulation modes, and each modulation mode having a different modulation order; and
in response to the determination that the number of times of inversion of the modulation mode within a first predetermined time has reached a threshold, setting by the modem the modulation mode of the modem to a modulation mode with a lowest modulation order in all modulation modes included in the inversion process and maintaining the set modulation mode for a second predetermined time.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein,
the modulation mode corresponds to quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM)-based OFDM modulation, and the modulation order of the modulation mode is the modulation order of QAM.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein detecting whether the modulation mode of the modem is inverted includes:
determining by the modem that an inversion of the modulation mode has occurred when it is detected that the modulation mode of the modem is switched from a modulation mode of a first modulation order to a modulation mode of a second modulation order, and then to a modulation mode of a third modulation order,
wherein, the second modulation order is smaller than each of the first modulation order and the third modulation order.

11. The method according to claim 8 , wherein, the setting the modulation mode of the modem to a modulation mode other than a modulation mode with the highest modulation order in all modulation modes included in the inversion process comprises switching from a next lowest order mode to a lowest order mode.

12. The method according to claim 8 , wherein, setting the modulation mode of the modem to a modulation mode other than a modulation mode with the highest modulation order in all modulation modes included in the inversion process includes:
setting the modulation mode of the modem to a modulation mode with the lowest modulation order in all modulation modes included in the inversion process.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein, setting the modulation mode of the modem to a modulation mode with the lowest modulation order in all modulation modes included in the inversion process includes:
setting the modulation mode of the modem to the modulation mode with the lowest modulation order in all the modulation modes included in the inversion process if during the inversion process, there is a switch from a modulation mode with the lowest modulation order included in the last inversion to a modulation mode with the lowest modulation order in all the modulation modes.

14. The method according to claim 8 , further including:
after the expiration of the second predetermined time, if a test result of a modulation mode with a modulation order higher than the modulation order of the set modulation mode by the modem satisfies a switching condition, the modulation mode of the modem will be switched by the modem from the set modulation mode to the modulation mode with the modulation order higher than the modulation order of the set modulation mode.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having an instruction stored therein, when executed by a processor, the instruction causing the processor to execute operations including the following:
detecting whether a modulation mode of a modem is inverted, the modem being capable of operating in a plurality of modulation modes, and each modulation mode having a different modulation order; and
in response to the determination that the number of times of inversion of the modulation mode within a first predetermined time has reached a threshold, setting the modulation mode of the modem to a modulation mode with a lowest modulation order in all modulation modes included in the inversion process and maintaining the set modulation mode for a second predetermined time.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 15 , wherein, when executed by the processor, the instruction causes the processor to further execute operations including the following:
determining that an inversion of the modulation mode has occurred

Assignees

• Arris Entpr Llc

Inventors

• Lu Wei
• Li Bei
• Xiao Jing
• Sun Jing
• Chen Xuebo

Classifications

• H04L27/2697

  in combination with other modulation techniques · CPC title

• H04L12/2801

  Broadband local area networks · CPC title

• H04L1/0003 Primary

  by switching between different modulation schemes · CPC title

• H04L27/0008 Primary

  arrangements for allowing a transmitter or receiver to use more than one type of modulation (negotiating modulation type for two-way transmission paths H04L5/1453) · CPC title

• H04L27/34

  Amplitude- and phase-modulated carrier systems, e.g. quadrature-amplitude modulated carrier systems · CPC title