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Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2018
Applicant:

British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;

Inventors:

Anas Al Rawi, London, GB;

Ian Horsley, London, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 (2015.01); H04L 5/16 (2006.01); H04B 3/32 (2006.01); H04M 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 3/32 (2013.01); H04M 11/062 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for transmitting data from a transmitter device to one or more receiver devices, each of which is connected to the transmitter device via a respective wire connection, the transmitter device being operable to transmit signals onto the wire connections over different channels, the method comprising, for each channel: determining a value of a first function which is a function of a power mask for transmitting the data over the channels; determining a value of a second function which is a function of an upper bound for a channel capacity of the channel; determining a value of a third function, the third function being a function of the first and second functions; using the determined value of the third function, determining a transmission power for that channel; and transmitting, by the transmitter device, data over that channel at the transmission power determined for that channel.


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