Patent ID: 6795492
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
An exciter, located along an information stream path of a transmission system, for supplying an information signal as a drive to an amplifying arrangement, said exciter comprising:coder means for outputting the information signal that conveys data in a desired code arrangement; filter means for restricting the information signal energy to a predetermined channel bandwidth; modulator means for modulating the information signal; corrector/equalizer means for pre-correcting the modulated signal for errors induced in the transmission system; wherein at least two of said coder means, said filter means, said modulator means, and said corrector/equalizer means being programmable to be operative in any of several I/O formats; and controller means for providing program control of said at least two of said coder means, said filter means, said modulator means, and said corrector/equalizer means.