Method and modem for adjusting modulation mode

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9419831-B2
Application number	US-201414227978-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2014
Priority date	Mar 29, 2013
Publication date	Aug 16, 2016
Grant date	Aug 16, 2016

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and modem for adjusting a modulation mode. In embodiments of the present invention, a first modem generates indication information according to a current working first modulation mode, so that the first modem can send the indication information to a second modem through a data frame. Therefore, the second modem adjusts a current working second modulation mode of the second modem according to the indication information, so that the adjusted second modulation mode is consistent with the first modulation mode. Therefore, the problem of complex operations in the prior art, caused by that an operator configures a modulation mode of a second modem as a current working modulation mode of a peer modem, that is, a first modem, can be avoided, and efficiency of network deployment can be improved.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for adjusting a modulation mode, comprising:
generating, by a first modem, indication information according to a current working first modulation mode, wherein the indication information comprises a sequence; and
sending, by the first modem, the indication information to a second modem through a plurality of data frames, to enable the second modem to adjust a second modulation mode of the second modem according to the indication information, to further enable the adjusted second modulation mode to be consistent with the first modulation mode, and to carry the sequence through modulation mode fields of the plurality of data frames, wherein each of the modulation mode fields of the plurality of data frames carries one element making up the sequence and a number of the plurality of data frames equals a number of the elements making up the sequence;
wherein when the second modulation mode of the second modem is currently working, the second modem supports two or more modulation modes, and among the two or more modulation modes, a modulation mode consistent with the first modulation mode is used as the adjusted second modulation mode.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the sequence comprises one of a pseudo random binary sequence, an arithmetic sequence, and a geometric sequence.

3. A method for adjusting a modulation mode, comprising:
receiving, by a second modem, indication information sent, through a data frame format, from a first modem, wherein the indication information comprises a sequence and a plurality of data frames;
detecting modulation mode fields of the plurality of data frames to obtain the sequence, wherein a number of the plurality of data frames equals a number of elements making up the sequence, and each of the modulation mode fields of the plurality of data frames carries one element making up the sequence;
obtaining, by the second modem, a first modulation mode of the first modem according to the indication information, wherein the first modulation mode of the first modem is currently working; and
adjusting, by the second modem, a second modulation mode of the second modem according to the first modulation mode, so that the adjusted second modulation mode is consistent with the first modulation mode, wherein when the second modulation mode of the second modem is currently working, the second modem supports two or more modulation modes, and among the two or more modulation modes, a modulation mode consistent with the first modulation mode is used as the adjusted second modulation mode.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the sequence comprises one of a pseudo random binary sequence, an arithmetic sequence, and a geometric sequence.

5. A modem, comprising:
a processor and a sender, wherein
the processor is configured to work in a first modulation mode, generate indication information according to the first modulation mode which is currently working, and transmit the indication information to the sender, wherein the indication information comprises a sequence;
the sender is configured to send the indication information to a second modem through a plurality of data frames, to enable the second modem to adjust a second modulation mode of the second modem according to the indication information, to enable the adjusted second modulation mode to be consistent with the first modulation mode, and to carry the sequence of the indication information through modulation mode fields of the plurality of data frames, wherein each of the modulation mode fields of the plurality of data frames carries one element making up the sequence and a number of the plurality of data frames equals a number of elements making up the sequence;
wherein when the second modulation mode of the second modem is currently working, the second modem supports two or more modulation modes, and among the two or more modulation modes, a modulation mode consistent with the first modulation mode is used as the adjusted second modulation mode.

6. The modem according to claim 5 , wherein the sequence comprises one of a pseudo random binary sequence, an arithmetic sequence, and a geometric sequence.

7. A modem comprising:
a receiver configured to receive indication information sent, through a data frame format, from a first modem, and transmit the indication information to a processor, wherein the indication information comprises a sequence;
the processor configured to obtain a first modulation mode of the first modem according to the indication information, wherein the first modulation mode of the first modem is currently working;
the processor is further configured to adjust a modulation mode of the modem according to the first modulation mode, so that the adjusted modulation mode is consistent with the first modulation mode of the first modem;
the processor supports two or more modulation modes, where at least one modulation mode among the two or more modulation modes is consistent with the first modulation mode;
the receiver is further configured to receive a plurality of data frames sent by the first modem, and to detect with the processor modulation mode fields of the plurality of data frames to obtain the sequence,
wherein a number of the plurality of data frames equals a number of elements making up the sequence, and each of the modulation mode fields of the plurality of data frames carries one element making up the sequence.

8. The modem according to claim 7 , wherein the sequence comprises one of a pseudo random binary sequence, an arithmetic sequence, and a geometric sequence.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hou Jianhui
• Li Jun
• Lin Yi
• Gao Fujun

Classifications

• H04L5/1453

  of modulation type · 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