Abstract: A client premises digital subscriber line (DSL) modem having multi-mode capability is disclosed. In initialization, the modem estimates whether channel conditions are such that digital processing of the received data according to a lower data rate DSL standard, such as ADSL2, may result in a higher effective data rate than receipt and processing according to a higher data rate DSL standard, such as ADSL2+. If so, the DSL modem configures itself, such as by configuring its filter characteristics and sampling frequency, to receive and process data according to the lower data rate DSL standard; the transmitting modem, for example at a central office or service area interface, may continue to operate according to the higher data rate standard (with its bit loading corresponding to a subset of subchannels). The receiving DSL modem processes the payload data according to the lower standard, while processing control messages according to the higher standard.

Abstract: A client premises digital subscriber line (DSL) modem having multi-mode capability is disclosed. In initialization, the modem estimates whether channel conditions are such that digital processing of the received data according to a lower data rate DSL standard, such as ADSL2, may result in a higher effective data rate than receipt and processing according to a higher data rate DSL standard, such as ADSL2+. If so, the DSL modem configures itself, such as by configuring its filter characteristics and sampling frequency, to receive and process data according to the lower data rate DSL standard; the transmitting modem, for example at a central office or service area interface, may continue to operate according to the higher data rate standard (with its bit loading corresponding to a subset of subchannels). The receiving DSL modem processes the payload data according to the lower standard, while processing control messages according to the higher standard.

Abstract: A system and method for reordering tones of a DMT signal within a communication system is described. Cross tone correlated noise in a received signal is identified and rearranged such that tones with correlated noise are spread out throughout the received signal before being processed by a decoder such as, Viterbi decoder. In an embodiment, two tones with the most correlated noise are placed at each end of the sequence of tones presented to the Viterbi decoder. In some embodiment, the tones with correlated noise can be spread such that two adjacent tones with correlated noise have a minimum distance of at least three tones between them at the input to the Viterbi decoder. In other embodiment, tones in the received signal can be processed in various kinds of interleavers for reordering according to the interleaver scheme.