Method and apparatus for training vector coefficient of vectored digital subscriber line

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9712208-B2
Application number	US-201514611553-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 2, 2015
Priority date	Aug 3, 2012
Publication date	Jul 18, 2017
Grant date	Jul 18, 2017

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for training a Vector coefficient of a vectored digital subscriber line, where the method includes: after a handshake phase is executed for a joining line, calculating, by using a pilot estimation method, an initial precoding coefficient and an initial cancellation coefficient that represent interference from the joining line to a normal working line; and after a channel discovery phase is executed for the joining line, compensating the initial precoding coefficient and the initial cancellation coefficient by using a compensation factor, to obtain a precoding coefficient and a cancellation coefficient that represent the interference from the joining line to the normal working line, wherein the compensation factor is obtained according to a signal power change or a signal phase change of the joining line. The present invention improves efficiency of Vector coefficient training.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for training a Vector coefficient of a vectored digital subscriber line Vectored-DSL, comprising:
after a handshake phase is executed for a joining line, calculating, by using a pilot estimation method, an initial precoding coefficient and an initial cancellation coefficient that represent interference from the joining line to a normal working line; and
after a channel discovery phase is executed for the joining line, compensating the initial precoding coefficient and the initial cancellation coefficient by using a compensation factor, to obtain a precoding coefficient and a cancellation coefficient that represent the interference from the joining line to the normal working line, wherein the compensation factor is obtained according to a signal power change or a signal phase change of the joining line.

2. The method for training a Vector coefficient of a Vectored-DSL according to claim 1 , wherein before a training phase is executed for the joining line, the compensating the initial precoding coefficient and the initial cancellation coefficient by using a compensation factor comprises:
separately compensating the initial precoding coefficient and the initial cancellation coefficient by using a first power adjustment compensation factor, to obtain the precoding coefficient and the cancellation coefficient that represent the interference from the joining line to the normal working line, wherein
the first power adjustment compensation factor is obtained according to a signal power change of the joining line occurring before the channel discovery phase and after the channel discovery phase.

3. The method for training a Vector coefficient of a Vectored-DSL according to claim 1 , wherein after the training phase is executed for the joining line, the compensating the initial precoding coefficient and the initial cancellation coefficient by using a compensation factor comprises:
compensating the initial cancellation coefficient by using a first phase adjustment compensation factor, to obtain the cancellation coefficient that represents the interference from the joining line to the normal working line, wherein
the first phase adjustment compensation factor is obtained according to a signal phase change of the joining line occurring before the training phase and after the training phase.

4. The method for training a Vector coefficient of a vectored digital subscriber line Vectored-DSL according to claim 1 , further comprising:
after a training phase is executed for a joining line, acquiring a historical precoding coefficient and a historical cancellation coefficient that represent interference from another line to the joining line; and
compensating the historical precoding coefficient and the historical cancellation coefficient by using a compensation factor, to obtain a precoding coefficient and a cancellation coefficient that represent the interference from the another line to the joining line, wherein the compensation factor is obtained according to a change between a current parameter of the joining line and a historical parameter of the joining line, and the parameter comprises a power parameter and a phase parameter.

5. The method for training a Vector coefficient of a Vectored-DSL according to claim 4 , wherein the compensating the historical precoding coefficient and the historical cancellation coefficient by using a compensation factor comprises:
compensating the historical precoding coefficient by using a second power adjustment compensation factor and/or a second phase adjustment compensation factor, to obtain the precoding coefficient that represents the interference from the another line and the joining line; and/or
compensating the historical cancellation coefficient by using a second power adjustment compensation factor and/or a second phase adjustment compensation factor, to obtain the cancellation coefficient that represents the interference from the another line and the joining line, wherein
the second power adjustment compensation factor is obtained according to a change between a current power parameter of the joining line and a historical power parameter of the joining line, and the second phase adjustment compensation factor is obtained according to a change between a current phase parameter of the joining line and a historical phase parameter of the joining line.

6. The method for training a Vector coefficient of a Vectored-DSL according to claim 4 , wherein after the training phase is executed for the joining line, the method further comprises:
compensating, by using a first phase adjustment compensation factor, an initial cancellation coefficient that represents interference from the joining line to a normal working line, to obtain a cancellation coefficient that represents the interference from the joining line to the normal working line, wherein the initial cancellation coefficient is obtained by calculation after a handshake phase is executed for the joining line, wherein
the first phase adjustment compensation factor is obtained according to a signal phase change of the joining line occurring before the training phase and after the training phase.

7. The method for training a Vector coefficient of a Vectored-DSL according to claim 4 , wherein after a channel discovery phase is executed and before the training phase is executed for the joining line, the method further comprises:
separately compensating, by using a first power adjustment compensation factor, an initial precoding coefficient and an initial cancellation coefficient that represent the interference from the joining line to the normal working line, to obtain a precoding coefficient and a cancellation coefficient that represent the interference from the joining line to a normal working line, wherein the initial precoding coefficient and the initial cancellation coefficient are obtained after the handshake phase is executed for the joining line, wherein
the first power adjustment compensation factor is obtained according to a signal power change of the joining line occurring before the channel discovery phase and after the channel discovery phase.

8. An apparatus for training a Vector coefficient of a vectored digital subscriber line Vectored-DSL, comprising:
a coefficient calculating module, configured to: after a handshake phase is executed for a joining line, calculate, by using a pilot estimation method, an initial precoding coefficient and an initial cancellation coefficient that represent interference from the joining line to a normal working line; and
a coefficient determining module, configured to: after a channel discovery phase is executed for the joining line, compensate the initial precoding coefficient and the initial cancellation coefficient by using a compensation factor, to obtain a precoding coefficient and a cancellation coefficient that represent the interference from the joining line to the normal working line, wherein the compensation factor is obtained according to a signal power change or a signal phase change of the joining line.

9. The apparatus for training a Vector coefficient of a Vectored-DSL according to claim 8 , wherein the coefficient determining module comprises:
a compensation factor unit, configured to obtain a first power adjustment compensation factor according to a signal power change of the joining line occurring before the channel discovery phase and after the channel discovery phase; and
a coefficient compensating unit, configured to separately compensate the initial precoding coefficient and the initial cancellation coefficient by using the first power adjustment compensation factor that is determined by the compensation factor unit, to obtain the precoding coefficient and the

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tu Jianping
• Lv Jie
• Wang Xiang

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