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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1999
David W. McGhee, Austin, TX (US);
Richard L. House, Round Rock, TX (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for repeating an xDSL signal ( ) is disclosed. The system comprises a receiver ( ) operable to receive the xDSL signal ( ), a first analog front end ( ) coupled to the receiver ( ) and operable to convert the xDSL signal to a digital signal, and a series of digital signal processors ( ) coupled to the first analog front end ( ) and operable to remove noise elements from the digital signal. Also provided is a second analog front end ( ) coupled to the second digital signal processor ( ) and operable to convert the digital signal back to the analog domain. A driver circuit ( ) is operable to increase the signal strength of the analog signal and retransmits it over a new length of wiring.