Abstract: A communications system, a digital modem and method are provided for reducing non-linear distortion generated by a transmitter which adversely affects a receiver attempting to demodulate received data. More specifically, the digital modem includes a controller that controls a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver is operable to receive a plurality of receiver tones, and the transmitter is operable to generate a plurality of transmitter tones whose intermodulation products (transmitter non-linear distortion) conflict with the plurality of receiver tones. The transmitter is also operable to shift the plurality of transmitter tones by a predetermined distance to move the conflicting intermodulation products off the plurality of receiver tones.

Abstract: An apparatus communicates over a communications channel and has reduced undesired local echo. The transmitter generates a transmit signal to the communications channel in a frequency band outside a voice frequency band. A receiver receives signals from the communications channel within or outside the voice frequency band, and is susceptible to undesired local echo from the transmit signal. In one method, a programmable scaler is connected to the transmitter and generates a scaled replica of the transmit signal based upon a scaled control signal. The receiver is connected to the scaler and reduces the undesired local echo by subtraction of a scaled replica of the transmit signal. An echo reducing circuit senses the received signal power and generates the scaled control signal based upon the received signal power to thereby reduce the undesired local echo In a second method, an estimate of the transfer function from the transmitter digital-to-analog converter to the input of a cancellor is developed.