Alcatel N.v.

Rudolf F Dierckx

Daniel Sallaerts

Pierre-Paul F Guebels

An echo canceller, using an Adaptive Finite Input Response Filter (AFIR), uses a processing device with a plurality of interconnected cells. These cells, connected in a systolic arrangement, determines the function of three variables m, n, and p, in the equation p+m n, where m and n are data inputs to each of the cells, and p is the output of a previous calculation cell. This is achieved by using a timing sequence, in which the variable m is applied bit serial to the cells over a period of q time slots, and the variable n is applied in parallel over the cells in one time slot.

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Wilrijk, Belgium

Rudolf F Dierckx