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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1998
Harold H. Webber, Jr., Lafayette, CA (US);
Jeremiah M. Jeffress, Orinda, CA (US);
Harold H. Webber, Jr., Lafayette, CA (US);
Jeremiah M. Jeffress, Orinda, CA (US);
Tut Systems, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of dynamically, and automatically, varying the sensitivity of a receiver coupled to receive signals on a carrier medium, such as for example POTS wiring, includes the step of detecting whether more than a predetermined number of noise events, such as for example traversals of a noise threshold level, occur within a predetermined time. If the predetermined number of noise events occur, the sensitivity of the receiver is automatically varied by a predetermined increment. For example, the noise threshold level may be raised by a predetermined voltage to vary the sensitivity of the receiver.