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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2003
Applicants:
Murat Belge, North Chelmsford, MA (US);
Rainer Storn, Kirchheim, DE;
Inventors:
Murat Belge, North Chelmsford, MA (US);
Rainer Storn, Kirchheim, DE;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An xDSL modem for data transmission between a central office and a customer device over a subscriber line includes a topology determining unit and a control unit. The topology determining unit is configured to determine the topology of the subscriber line. The control unit is configured to switch the xDSL modem between a normal mode for data transmission and a topology determining mode for determining the topology of the subscriber line.