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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2015
Ikanos Communications, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Robin Levonas, Homdel, NJ (US);
Vipin Pathak, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Arnold Muralt, Fair Haven, NJ (US);
Ikanos Communications, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method by which an xDSL modem can be properly connected and/or optimally tuned to achieve a desired performance goal based on knowledge obtained by first performing a SELT test and then post-processing the results of that test. In embodiments, the processed SELT results are used to detect bad connections or other anomalies such as split pairs. In embodiments, the processed SELT results are used to configure programmable components and filters in the analog front end in a manner that achieves the performance goal. In these and other embodiments, the performance goal is to maximize the attainable data rate. As such, through various hardware design options and configurations according to the invention, the performance of the modem can be tuned such that even in the presence of undesirable loop characteristics, adequate, or even good performance, can be achieved.