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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2011
Michael J. Cooper, Augusta, GA (US);
Charles S. Moore, Langhorne, PA (US);
John L. Moran, Uxbridge, MA (US);
Marc L. Morrissette, Plainville, MA (US);
Robert J. Thompson, Monroeton, PA (US);
Michael J. Cooper, Augusta, GA (US);
Charles S. Moore, Langhorne, PA (US);
John L. Moran, Uxbridge, MA (US);
Marc L. Morrissette, Plainville, MA (US);
Robert J. Thompson, Monroeton, PA (US);
General Instrument Corporation, Horsham, PA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for updating equalization coefficients of an adaptive pre-equalizer of a network element are provided. The method includes monitoring a communications channel to measure distortion of a communications signal received from the network element and detecting whether a transient impairment is present in the communication signal. When a transient impairment is not detected to be present, a pre-equalization coefficient update is transmitted to the network element. However, when a transient impairment is detected to be present, at least selected ones of the pre-equalization coefficients are scaled before the update is transmitted to the network element or the update is withheld from being transmitted to the network element. An apparatus is also disclosed.