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Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023

Filed:

May. 06, 2019
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Walter Bschor, Munich, DE;

Thushara Hewavithana, Chandler, AZ (US);

Boaz Kol, Hod-Hasharon, IL;

Assignee:

INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 17/04 (2006.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04L 5/14 (2006.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 17/04 (2013.01); H04L 5/14 (2013.01); H04N 21/44209 (2013.01); H04N 21/44245 (2013.01); H04N 21/6118 (2013.01); H04N 21/6168 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for controlling a gain of an amplifier of a cable modem operating in a full duplex (FDX) mode. A cable modem includes an amplifier configured to amplify a received signal, a power meter configured to measure a power of the received signal on a plurality of channels, and a control unit configured to estimate a maximum expected power to receive on the plurality of channels based on the measured power and set a gain of the amplifier based on the maximum expected power. The cable modem is configured to operate in a full duplex mode. The channels include a full duplex upstream channel, a full duplex downstream channel, and a legacy downstream channel. The maximum expected power may be estimated via a sounding procedure. A power spectral density may be measured and the maximum expected power may be derived from the power spectral density.


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