Patent ID: 6064692
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method for initializing a pair of transceivers of a multicarrier transmission system for subsequent transfer of data between the pair of transceivers over a link, said method comprising the operations of:(a) producing, at the first transceiver of the pair of transceivers, first direction performance information for data transmissions in a first direction;(b) producing, at the second transceiver of the pair of transceivers, second direction performance information for data transmissions in a second direction;(c) forwarding the second direction performance information from the second transceiver to the first transceiver;(d) determining, at the first transceiver of the pair of transceivers, first direction bit allocations and second direction bit allocations, the first direction bit allocations being determined based on the first direction performance information and the second direction bit allocations being determined based on the second direction performance information; and(e) thereafter forwarding the first direction bit allocations and the second direction bit allocations from the first transceiver to the second transceiver.