JPH11289403A - Digital subscriber line transmission system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a subscriber line transmission system where hardware required for a signal processing in a transmission device is remarkably reduced while keeping a relatively high communication speed by varying additional data length on the time axis of a modulation signal which is obtained by orthogoally amplitude-modulating plural carriers that are frequency-multiplexed. SOLUTION: The output of a Fixed TEQ 110 is supplied to an FET 111 and is also supplied to an FIR 114. The output from the FIR 114 is fetched into a computing element R115 and is calculated. The computing element R115 generates operation result information for deciding non-transmission section length Ygt to be informed and informs a signal generation part GEN 116 of it. A control signal containing information showing the non-transmission section length Tgt based on the operation result information informed from the computing element R115 is generated and supplied to an INF 101. The control signal is made to a training pattern signal which is previously imparted to the combination of an up Ncp value and a down Ncp value and in which a control code that can mutually be identified is written in a prescribed area.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a digital subscriber line transmission system using an existing telephone line as a high-speed data communication line, and more particularly to an improvement in a modulation / demodulation method of a transmission device provided in the transmission system. In recent years, multimedia services such as the Internet have become widespread throughout society, including ordinary households, and the early provision of an economical and highly reliable digital subscriber line transmission system for using such services. Is strongly required.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional technique will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 5 shows a splitterless ADSL system. In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a pair of twisted pair cables (hereinafter, copper wire cables), reference numeral 20 denotes an accommodation station, and reference numeral 30 denotes a subscriber's house. [1] Description of xDSL technology As a technology for providing a subscriber line transmission system using an existing telephone line as a high-speed data communication line, xDSL is used.
(Digital subscriber line) is known. xDSL
Is one of the modulation and demodulation techniques, and is a general term for several transmission techniques as described below.

[0003] xDSL is roughly divided into a symmetric speed type in which the communication speed from the subscriber's house to the accommodation station (up) and an accommodation station to the subscriber's house (down) are equal, and an asymmetric speed in which the communication speed is not equal. There are types. XDS of symmetric velocity type
For L, a high bit rate (HDSL) which realizes a symmetric speed of 1.5M to 2Mbit / sec using two pairs of copper cable.
DSL) is typical. In addition, SDSL (singl
e line DSL or symmetric DSL) or IDSL (ISDNDSL)
A technique called is known.

On the other hand, asymmetric speed type xDSL includes:
ADSL (asymmetric DSL) and VDSL (very high bit r
ate DSL) is known. In both cases, a pair of copper cables is used, and ADSL is tens kbits / sec to 1
A communication speed of about M bits / sec and a downlink speed of about 1.5 Mbit / s to 8 Mbit / sec is realized. VDSL is set to be about several tens kbit / sec to about 1 Mbit / sec and to be about 1.5 Mbit / sec to about 8 Mbit / sec.

[0005] xD such as SDSL, ADSL, VDSL, etc.
In SL technology, high-speed communication and telephone are used simultaneously,
A splitter for separating a voice component and a data component from a transmission signal is required. The splitter separates a frequency component of 4 kHz or less carrying an audio signal from a high frequency component used for modulating a data signal. [2] Description of Splitterless ADSL System Further, a technology for realizing xDSL without using the splitter has been studied. The following is G. li
An example of a splitterless ADSL transmission system without a splitter, called te, will be described.

FIG. 5 shows a splitterless ADSL transmission system. The accommodation station 20 is connected to the subscriber home 30 via the existing copper cable 10. Subscriber's home
The telephone set 300 includes an analog interface unit 301, a signal processing unit 302 for performing modulation / demodulation, etc., a data terminal 304 using the multimedia service via a digital signal interface unit 303, and at least a signal processing unit 302.
A control unit 305 for controlling the operation of the communication station and a data communication system including a transformer 306 are connected in parallel with each other.
The existing public telephone network 209 can be accessed through the exchange 200 of the present invention.

In the accommodation station 20, a data communication system corresponding to the subscriber's home 30, that is, a digital interface unit 201 for connecting to an external network for providing a multimedia type service, a signal processing unit 202 for performing modulation and demodulation, etc. It has an interface unit 203, a transformer 204, a control unit 205, and the like. The exchange 200 is connected to the copper cable 10 in parallel with the data communication system, and includes a splitter 206. The external network is a data network such as the Internet 208, for example.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a spectrum of the DMT system. In an xDSL transmission system such as ADSL, "2B1Q" (2 binary
1 quarternary), "CAP" (carrierless amplitude)
, "DMT" (discrete multi-tone). Among them, the DMT method is a technology adopted by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in the standard specification T1-413,
It is expected to spread widely in the future.

As shown in FIG. 6, the DMT system uses quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) using 256 carriers.
tude modulation). In the case of ADSL, the frequency bandwidth used by one carrier is 4 kHz. Fourier transform is used as a method of performing QAM modulation and demodulation on a plurality of carriers. Also, in the DMT method, the amount of data to be modulated is allocated to each 4 kHz band, so that the amount of data allocated to a frequency band that is greatly affected by noise and distortion can be suppressed. Therefore, communication can be flexibly continued in accordance with the noise or distortion state of the transmission path.

By the way, in the ADSL transmission system having the splitterless configuration as described above, the splitter (P
Since the line topology does not have a band separation filter with the OTS, the data communication system is directly affected by a change in the state of the telephone, such as an off-hook or on-hook of a conventional analog telephone, or a ringer. If such a situation (change of state) occurs intermittently, a sudden change in the impedance of the line has a significant effect on data communication. [3] Configuration of Signal Processing Unit FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a signal processing unit of a conventional ADSL transmission system. FIG. 1 shows a functional block of a signal processing unit and peripheral circuits of a conventional ADSL transmission system. In the figure, reference numerals 901 and 913 denote transmission / reception interface units (INF) corresponding to digital interface units, respectively, and 902 denotes an error correction / multiplexing function unit (CON).
S), 903 inverse fast Fourier transform function (IFFT), 904 is transmission bandpass filter (FIL), 905 digital / analog converter (DAC), 906 is driver circuit (DRV), 907 is transformer (TRANS), 908 is a receiver circuit (REC), 909 is a reception transmission band filter (FIL), 910 is an adaptive time domain line equalizer (adaptive TEQ), 911 is a fast Fourier transform function (FFT), and 912 is frequency domain equalization (FEQ).

In the DMT method, the last sample in a transmission signal symbol and a predetermined number (Ncp) of data before the last sample are added to the beginning of the symbol, and the data is transmitted in advance to a non-signal section on the transmission side. This processing is called a cyclic prefix, and the data length of the additional data at this time is represented by the number Ncp of cyclic prefixes, and the data length of a transmission signal symbol, which is a unit of data to be subjected to Fourier transform FFT, Is represented as Nd.

In the conventional DMT method, the number Ncp of cyclic prefixes per symbol of a transmission signal is fixedly set in advance to a predetermined value equal to the data length Ngt of a non-signal section. The number Ncp of cyclic prefixes per transmission signal symbol is determined from the following viewpoint. The following equation is an equation for calculating the transmission capacity efficiency BP.

[0013]

(Equation 1) Here, the smaller the Ncp, the higher the transmission efficiency BP. Therefore, ANSI T1-413 sets up Ncp = 4 and down Ncp = 32. The above value is determined based on the actual measured value of the impulse response duration of the actual transmission path, taking into account the feasibility of the signal reproduction technique in the receiving-side transmission device.

On the other hand, in the conventional signal processing section, in order to make the impulse response duration of the transmission medium (here, copper cable) as short as possible and to make the Ncp smaller, the line equalization in the time domain is performed. (TEQ: Time Domain Equ
alizer) 910.

[0015]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
TEQ910 is a FIR (finite impulse res
ponse), which becomes relatively large-scale when realized by a hardware circuit. On the other hand, this is a digital signal processor (DigitalSignal
When processing is performed by software using a processor (hereinafter referred to as a DSP), a large number of relatively complicated operation steps are required. Therefore, a high-speed processing capability is required for the DSP, and signal processing steps for the entire DSP are performed. Occupies most of the data.

In addition, in the adaptive processing performed at the start of communication, FFT and IFFT processing are used many times, which not only imposes a heavy load on hardware for performing reception equalization processing, but also causes a high TEQ. There is a problem that the higher the accuracy, the longer it takes for the adaptive processing. Furthermore, when the state of the transmission line changes, such as when the state of the telephone changes during communication, it is necessary to rapidly change the adaptive parameter and reset it to a new parameter after the state change. However,
In a transmission device having a conventional TEQ, if the state further changes during the adaptive processing, there is a problem that it takes a long time to reset new parameters, and that communication may be interrupted.

Accordingly, the present invention significantly reduces the hardware required for signal processing in a transmission apparatus while maintaining a relatively high communication speed in a subscriber line transmission system using an existing telephone line as a high-speed data communication line. It is an object of the present invention to provide a subscriber line transmission system reduced in number.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a subscriber line transmission system that does not require complicated TEQ processing and that can quickly adapt to state changes during communication.

[0018]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a digital subscriber line transmission system using a telephone line also as a high-speed data communication line in a time axis of a modulated signal obtained by quadrature amplitude-modulating a plurality of frequency-multiplexed carriers. Is characterized in that the additional data length is variable. Further, according to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a device for transmitting and receiving information for making the additional data length variable.

For example, ADSL using conventional DMT modulation
Transmission equipment in digital subscriber line transmission systems such as G.LITE and G.LITE, most of the signal processing amount (80%) is
It belongs to TEQ. With the configuration of the present invention, the TEQ processing can be eliminated, the received signal can be reproduced only by the cyclic prefix processing and the FEQ processing, and the signal processing amount can be drastically reduced. .

Further, it is possible to perform the re-adaptation process for the state change of the signal line in a very short time.

[0021]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. [1] First Embodiment FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram illustrating a first embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numerals 101 and 113 denote transmission / reception interface units (INF) corresponding to digital interface units, respectively, and 102 denotes an error correction / multiplexing function unit.
(CONS), 103 inverse fast Fourier transform function (IFFT), 104 transmission bandpass filter (FIL), 105 digital / analog converter (DAC), 106 driver circuit (DRV), 107 transformer (TRANS) , 108 is a receiver circuit (REC), 113 is an analog / digital converter (ADC), 109 is a transmission bandpass filter (FIL) for reception, 110 is a fixed time-domain line equalizer (Fixed
TEQ), 111 denotes a fast Fourier transform function unit (FFT), and 112 denotes a frequency domain equalizer (FEQ).

The configuration shown in FIG. 1 differs from the prior art in that a fixed time-domain line equalizer (Fixed TEQ) 110 is used in place of the adaptive time-domain line equalizer (adaptive TEQ) 910. . The Fixed TEQ 110 does not require complicated parameter adjustment processing as in the related art, and thus can be realized only by adding relatively simple processing, but of course, can be omitted.

The output of Fixed TEQ 110 is supplied to FFT 111 and also to FIR 114. The output from the FIR 114 is taken into a computing unit R115 and computed. Arithmetic unit R115 repeats the necessary calculation until a predetermined condition is determined that the tail of the impulse response is sufficiently small, and when the predetermined condition is satisfied, non-transmission section length Tgt to be notified to the transmission side.
Generate calculation result information for determining the
Notify N116.

A control signal including information indicating the non-transmission section length Tgt is generated based on the operation result information notified from the operation unit R115, and supplied to the INF101. This control signal is notified to the opposing device via the telephone line. The control signal is an uplink Nc
A training pattern signal such as FEQ in which a control code preliminarily given to some combinations of the p value and the downlink Ncp value and which can be mutually distinguished on both the transmitting side and the receiving side is written in a predetermined area can be used. For example, the up / down Ncpk combination [Nup, Ndown] is changed to [2,8], [4,1
6], [8,32], [16,64]…, a 3-bit code can represent eight combinations.

The above calculation and notification operation can be performed in an initial setting operation sequence when power is turned on or communication is started. Alternatively, the above calculation may be performed at all times, and a notification may be made only when there is a change in the state of the transmission medium.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of simultaneous bidirectional transmission. The horizontal axis is the time axis, and the DMT signal transmission symbol (number of data Nd)
Prior to the transmission of Ncp, a specific number (Ncp) of data including the last sample in the transmission signal symbol and including the last sample in the transmission signal symbol is added to the head of the symbol in the non-signal section of the transmission side, and Ncp
Indicates that the symbol Nd to which is added is transmitted as a group of data.

In this embodiment, after transmitting the symbol,
At least as many non-signal sections Ngt as Ncp are provided.
When transmitting the transmission symbol, a signal is transmitted for each symbol, and a non-transmission section is set between the symbols. The non-transmission section is a transmission medium (copper cable)
Of the duration of the impulse. Ncp when sending
The number is variable and the initial setting (initia
At the time of lize), the receiving side has a function of measuring an appropriate Ncp and notifying the number to the opposing transmitting side by communication.

At the time of normal communication, it is also possible to generate a transmission signal in which the Ncp value detected by the above measurement is added as a cyclic prefix value to a transmission symbol. The non-transmission section of the symbol is an interval corresponding to the duration of the impulse of the transmission medium. The duration of the impulse of the transmission medium (N
gt) is Ncp = Ng if known in advance
As t, Nd + Ncp is transmitted as one set of data. If the section (Ngt) of the impulse of the transmission medium is unknown, the receiving side detects the duration section, and Ncp =
As Ngt, Nd + Ncp is transmitted as one set of data.

On the receiving side, a filter having a fixed constant is provided to shorten Ngt. In some cases, it is not necessary to have it. The method of detecting the duration of the impulse of the transmission medium is:
At the beginning of communication, transmission is performed with a sufficient symbol interval (Ngt) secured. At the receiving end, the amount of impulse tailing of the transmission medium of the last data of the symbol is measured, and the amount of impulse tailing is sufficiently attenuated. By the way, the interval between symbols is determined.

As a measuring method, an average amplitude Vsig (V) of a symbol transmission section is set, and 1 /
The point at which a (for example, a = 500) is reached is defined as a transmission signal symbol interval (Ngt). As a method of measuring the tailing, an adaptive FIR filter for the length (Ngt) of the expected impulse response of the line is installed on the receiving side, and the LMS
The impulse response of the line is determined by an algorithm.

Each tap coefficient C (0), C (1), C (2),
.., C (Ngt + α), α ≧ 0

[0031]

(Equation 2)

[0032]

(Equation 3) Is calculated,

[0033]

(Equation 4) Is obtained. (R is, for example, 100.) Let β be Ncp. Further, as a method of detecting Ngt, the S / N ratio of a signal is observed, and a point where a required S / N ratio is obtained is defined as Ngt, Ncp = Ngt, and Nd +
Ncp is transmitted as one set of data.

On the receiving side, a boundary between a group of data is detected, and Ncp data are deleted. Ncp
Is subjected to FFT on the Nd data from which is deleted, to convert a signal in the time domain into a signal in the frequency domain. Then, F
It performs EQ (Frequency domain Equalizer) processing and reproduces received symbols. Also, on the receiving side, the received signal (the tail of the impulse response of the transmission medium) for the non-transmission section is added in order from the beginning of the symbol, and then the FEQ
Processing may be performed to reproduce the received symbols.

Also, a single frequency signal having no spectrum spread can be inserted into the transmission signal interval. At this time, a signal of a carrier not used in the DMT method can be used. Further, the parameters before and after the first line state change and the parameters after the change are stored, and when the same state change is performed next time, a quick parameter change notification is performed using the stored parameters. it can. [2] Second Embodiment FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a second embodiment of the present invention.
The horizontal axis is the time axis, and the transmission / reception interval of 2.5 msec is divided into two equal parts on the time axis and used for up / down.

The present invention can be applied to a so-called ping-pong transmission system as shown in FIG.
That is, in each of the uplink and downlink sections, symbol transmission with a cyclic prefix Ncp added and / or
Alternatively, a non-transmission section for an impulse response after symbol transmission can be set.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a receiving and reproducing method. As shown in FIG. 4, for example, 256 samples (1.
By providing a non-transmission interval of 64 samples (58 μsec) for one symbol transmission of 233 μsec (1 MHz), it is possible to detect the tail of the impulse using data received during this period.

[0038]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, in a subscriber line transmission system using an existing telephone line as a high-speed data communication line, the transmission line in the transmission device is maintained while maintaining a constant maximum communication speed. Can provide a subscriber line transmission system in which hardware required for signal processing is greatly reduced.

It is also possible to provide a subscriber line transmission system that does not require complicated TEQ processing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a simultaneous bidirectional transmission system.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a ping-pong transmission scheme.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a method of receiving and reproducing.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a splitterless ADSL transmission system.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a spectrum of the DMT method.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a signal processing unit of a conventional ADSL transmission system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101, 113… Transmission / Reception Interface (INF) 102… Error Correction / Multiplexing Function (CONS) 103… Inverse Fast Fourier Transform Function (IFFT) 104… Transmission Transmission Bandpass Filter (FIL) 105… Digital / Analog Converter (DAC) 106… Driver circuit (DRV) 107… Transformer (TRANS) 108… Receiver circuit (REC) 109… Reception transmission bandpass filter (FIL) 110… Fixed time domain line equalizer (Fixed TEQ) 111… Fast Fourier Transform Function Unit (FFT) 112… Frequency Domain Equalizer (FEQ) 10… Copper Cable 20… Housing Station 30… Subscriber House 300… Telephone 203, 301… Analog Interface Unit 202, 302… Signal Processing Unit 201 , 303… Digital signal interface section 304… Data terminal 205, 305… Control section 204, 306… Transformer 200… Exchange 209… Public telephone network 208… Internet

──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification symbol FI H04Q 11/02 H04Q 11/02 // H04B 3/04 H04B 3/04 A (72) Inventor Kazichi Hasegawa Nakahara, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Fujitsu Limited (72) Hiromi Murata 4-1-1 1-1 Kamiodanaka, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture Fujitsu Limited (72) Inventor Hiroshi Sasaki Nakahara, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture Fujitsu Co., Ltd. (1-1) Kamitsudanaka 4-1-1, Fujitsu Limited (72) Inventor Atsushi Sakurai 4-1-1, Kamiodanaka Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture Fujitsu Limited

Claims (3)

[Claims] In a digital subscriber line transmission system using a telephone line also as a high-speed data communication line, an additional data length on a time axis of a modulated signal obtained by quadrature amplitude-modulating a plurality of frequency-multiplexed carriers is varied. A subscriber line transmission system, characterized in that: 2. A subscriber line transmission system comprising means for transmitting and receiving control information for making said additional data length variable. 3. The subscriber line transmission system according to claim 1, further comprising means for generating control information for changing said additional data length from said modulated signal received from said telephone line.