Abstract: A method for a receiver to estimate phase of a carrier wave, including receiving a carrier wave carrying pilot symbols and data symbols extending between the pilot symbols, determining phase of the carrier wave at received pilot symbols, and interpolating the phase of the carrier wave at points between pilot symbols based, at least in part, on an estimated phase of demodulated data symbols. Apparatus for estimate phase of a carrier wave, including a unit for determining phase of the carrier wave at received pilot symbols, and a unit for interpolating the phase of the carrier wave at points between pilot symbols based, at least in part, on an estimated phase of demodulated data symbols. Related apparatus and methods are also described.

Abstract: A method for managing traffic in a communication network which includes a protected path including a first path and a second path, including refraining from sending redundant data along the second path, and using freed up communication capacity obtained by refraining from sending redundant data along the second path for sending other data along the second path. The above-described method and further comprising measuring path integrity, in which the refraining from sending and the using freed up communication capacity depend, at least partly, on meeting a stability criterion applied to the measured path integrity.

Abstract: A method for estimating a Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) in a received signal including, for a fixed first set of a plurality of samples from the received signal, providing an initial noise estimate, starting with the initial noise estimate, iteratively improving the noise estimate, and estimating SNR based, at least partly, on the fixed first set of samples from the received signal and the noise estimate. Additional related apparatus and methods are also described.

Abstract: A method for estimating interference between a plurality of carrier signals in a multi-channel system including injecting pilot symbols into a first carrier signal and transmitting the first carrier signal, transmitting a second carrier signal, receiving at least the first carrier signal and the second carrier signal, and estimating interference between the received first carrier signal and the received second carrier signal based, at least in part, on measuring the received first carrier signal when a pilot symbol of the first carrier signal is received.

Abstract: A method for managing protection of a plurality of defined paths in a communication system including listing the defined paths, each item in the list including a defined path identifier, a defined path ingress node, a defined path egress node, and a defined path protection period, wherein some of the defined paths share an ingress node and an egress node, managing a sending of Continuity Check Messages (CCMs) along at least some of the defined paths, such that a CCM is sent every protection period, and for at least a plurality of the defined paths which share an ingress node and an egress node, managing a sharing of the protection of the plurality of the defined paths, the sharing including sending one set of CCMs, shared by the plurality of the defined paths, at a frequency based, at least in part, on a shortest one of the protection periods of the plurality of the defined paths.

Abstract: A method of data transmission which includes providing a plurality of data streams, having different content, modulating the different data streams by respective modulators, multiplexing the modulated data streams into a single data stream alternately in time, such that the resultant stream includes at any specific time signals from fewer than all the data streams and transmitting the multiplexed single data stream onto a transmission channel.

Abstract: A variable data rate wireless transmitter configured to receive input of data from a plurality of input channels and transmit at least some of the data over a variable data rate wireless point-to-point communication link, wherein portions of the data are associated with priorities, and the wireless transmitter is configured to change transmission of at least some of the portions of the data, based, at least partly, on the priorities associated with the portions of the data, and on a data rate configured for transmitting the portions of the data over the variable data rate wireless communication link.

Abstract: A method of transmitting data over a plurality of parallel transmission links, including dividing the data into a plurality of portions, and for each one of the portions in consecutive order providing the portion to a transmitter, and sending the portion over a transmission link connected to the transmitter, wherein the providing is made according to a plan which is independent of addressing information associated with the data. A method for reassembling data from a plurality of portions of the data received over a plurality of parallel transmission links including copying a first portion, according to an order among the portions, thereby producing partially reassembled data, from each one of the plurality of parallel transmission links, copying and appending a next portion to the partially reassembled data, according to the order among the portions, and continuing the copying and appending until the data has been completely reassembled. Related apparatus and methods are also described.

Abstract: A protected point-to-point ACM communication system including at least a first component and a second component configured to provide live functionality and backup functionality for each other, at least a first receiver and a second receiver configured to receive an ACM transmission, one or more quality detectors configured to estimate quality of the received transmission of at least the first receiver and the second receiver, wherein at least one of the quality detectors is configured to estimate the quality of the received transmission using blind detection, and a controller configured to switch the live functionality of the protected point-to-point ACM communication system from one of the first component and the second component to another of the first component and the second component, based, at least partly, on the estimated qualities of the received transmissions of at least the first receiver and the second receiver. Related apparatus and methods are also described.

Abstract: A system configured to transmit data at a variable transmission rate over a point-to-point link, while maintaining a substantially constant transmission delay over the point-to-point link, including a transmitter configured to add an indication of a transmission rate to the data being transmitted and to transmit the indication of the transmission rate along with the data, and a receiver configured to receive an indication of a transmission rate along with data and to read the indication of the transmission rate and including a delay compensation buffer. Related apparatus and methods are also described.

Abstract: A transmitter for transmitting data packets including a Media Access Control (MAC) address extractor configured to extract one or more MAC addresses from packet headers included in data packets, a MAC compression unit configured to provide compressed MAC data including one or more pointers associated with each of the one or more extracted MAC addresses respectively, a packet modifier configured to modify the data packets by adding the compressed MAC data to the data packets, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the modified data packets. A receiver for receiving data packets including compressed MAC data, the compressed MAC data including pointers associated with MAC addresses, including a receiving unit configured to receive data packets, a compressed MAC data extractor configured to find and extract compressed MAC data from received data packets, and a packet modifier configured to modify the received data packets by removing the compressed MAC data from the received data packet.

Abstract: A method of data transmission which includes providing a plurality of data streams, having different content, modulating the different data streams by respective modulators, multiplexing the modulated data streams into a single data stream alternately in time, such that the resultant stream includes at any specific time signals from fewer than all the data streams and transmitting the multiplexed single data stream onto a transmission channel.