Patent ID: 8627182

Claim:
A method, comprising: determining whether impulse noise of a cable carrying a digital signal is complex impulse noise, wherein the complex impulse noise includes a plurality of impulse noise components; determining whether the complex impulse noise is synchronized with a phase of an alternating current power line transmission; identifying a first impulse noise component of the plurality of impulse noise components that is synchronized with the phase, wherein the first impulse noise component is associated with a first noise source; identifying a second impulse noise component of the plurality of impulse noise components that is synchronized with the phase, wherein the second impulse noise component is associated with a second noise source; determining a first duration of the first impulse noise component and a second duration of the second impulse noise component; predicting a first time interval between occurrences of the first impulse component and a second time interval between occurrences of the second impulse component; and applying a noise mitigation technique based on the first time interval and the first duration and based on the second time interval and the second duration.