Partial crosstalk precompensation in downstream VDSL

Abstract

Very high bit-rate digital subscriber line (VDSL) is the latest generation in the ongoing evolution of DSL standards. VDSL aims at bringing truly broadband access, greater than 52 Mbps in the downstream, to the mass consumer market. This is achieved by transmitting in frequencies up to 12 MHz. Operating at such high frequencies gives rise to crosstalk between the DSL systems in a binder, limiting achievable data-rates. Crosstalk is typically 10-15 dB larger than other noise sources and is the primary limitation on performance in VDSL. In downstream transmission several crosstalk precompensation schemes have been proposed to address this issue. Whilst these schemes lead to large performance gains, they also have extremely high complexities, beyond the scope of current implementation.In this paper we develop the concept of partial crosstalk precompensation. The majority of the crosstalk experienced in a DSL system comes from only a few other lines within the binder. Furthermore its effects are limited to a small subset of tones. Partial precompensation exploits this by limiting precompensation to the tones and lines where it gives maximum benefit. As a result, these schemes achieve the majority of the gains of full crosstalk precompensation at a fraction of the run-time complexity. In this paper we develop several partial precompensation schemes. We show that with only 20% of the run-time complexity of full precompensation it is possible to achieve 80% of the performance gains. r

Joint spectrum management and constrained partial crosstalk cancellation in a multi-user xDSL environment

“…If user n is cancelling crosstalk originating from user m on tone k, thenh n,m k = 0. We refer to [6] [7] where procedures are explained for cancelling individual crosstalk channels, based on particular DSL channel characteristics (row/column-wise diagonal dominance).…”

“…The cancellation of the crosstalk from one crosstalker on a tone is done by one cancellation tap [6] [7]. The number of cancellation taps that can be used is constrained by the cancellation tap constraint C tot [12].…”

“…Because most of the crosstalk originates from a limited number of lines on a limited number of tones, a fraction of this complexity suffices to cancel most of the crosstalk. This is called partial crosstalk cancellation [6] [7]. Crosstalk cancellation requires signal-level coordination at either the transmitter or receiver, i.e.…”

Dynamic partial crosstalk cancellation resource allocation algorithms for DSL access networks

“…Vectored DSL is seen as a very promising technique, and is subject of a standardization procedure of *Correspondence: bli@esat.kuleuven.be 1 Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT-SCD), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Full list of author information is available at the end of the article the international telecommunication union (ITU) [9,10]. The vectored DSL system has been studied in [11][12][13][14][15][16]. In [12][13][14][15][16] simple linear zero-forcing crosstalk cancellation schemes have been proposed that reduce the crosstalk cancellation computational complexity by only removing the dominant crosstalk in the system.…”

“…The vectored DSL system has been studied in [11][12][13][14][15][16]. In [12][13][14][15][16] simple linear zero-forcing crosstalk cancellation schemes have been proposed that reduce the crosstalk cancellation computational complexity by only removing the dominant crosstalk in the system. This is also referred to as partial crosstalk cancellation (PCC).…”