A serial input/output method and receiver include an receiver portion to receive an analog differential serial input and sample the input to provide data and error signals, an equalization feedback loop responsive to the data and error signals to adjust the receiver portion, a phase feedback mechanism separate from the equalization feedback loop to provide a phase error, and a clock data recovery block coupled to receive the phase error to perform timing recovery for the receiver portion independent of the equalization feedback to adjust the sampling.

A circuit for estimating a time difference between a first signal and a second signal, the circuit comprising: a first signal line for receiving the first signal; a delay unit configured to receive the second signal and delay the second signal so as to provide a plurality of delayed versions of the second signal, each delayed version being delayed by a different amount of delay to the other delayed versions; a comparison unit configured to compare each of the delayed versions of the second signal with the first signal so as to identify which of the delayed versions of the second signal is the closest temporally matching signal to the first signal; and a difference estimator configured to estimate the time difference between the first and second signals in dependence on the identified delayed version.

Various example embodiments relate to partial data transmission. A transmitter may receive at least one dataset for transmission. The dataset may be one of a plurality of datasets known to the transmitter and a receiver or to be signaled to the receiver. The transmitter may determine a first portion of the dataset. The size of the first portion may be determined based on a battery level indicator, a latency level associated with the dataset, a radio condition, or a network load. The receiver may recognize the dataset based on the first portion and/or at least one second portion transmitted by the transmitter. Apparatuses, methods, and computer programs are disclosed.

Fast sampling phase and frequency acquisition suitable for incorporation into various high bandwidth receivers and receiving methods. One illustrative integrated circuit receiver or deserializer design has: a clock circuit that provides a sample clock; an analog to digital converter that samples a receive signal in accordance with the sample clock to provide receive signal samples; and a clock recovery circuit. The clock recovery circuit includes: a phase and frequency acquisition module to determine and correct an initial frequency offset and an initial phase offset of the sample clock; and a feedback circuit to minimize timing error of the sample clock after the initial frequency offset and initial phase offset have been corrected.

A device of contactless communication by active load modulation includes a clock signal extraction circuit configured to receive as an input a reception signal and to output a clock signal having a first value when the reception signal is greater than a threshold of the clock signal extraction circuit and having a second value when the reception signal is smaller than the threshold. The device includes a circuit for modifying the value of the threshold, configured to decrease the value of the threshold when the value of the clock signal is equal to the first value, or to increase the value of the threshold when the value of the clock signal is equal to the second value.

A controller includes a memory, a processor, and a first interface to a clock recovery unit that provides a recovered clock. When executed by the processor, instructions from the memory cause the controller to: instruct, via the first interface, the clock recovery unit at a first loop bandwidth to provide the recovered clock to a signal sampler; instruct, via the first interface, the clock recovery unit at a second loop bandwidth wider than the first loop bandwidth, to provide the recovered clock to the signal sampler; compare measurements from the signal sampler at the first loop bandwidth to measurements from the signal sampler at the second loop bandwidth; and instruct, via the first interface, the clock recovery unit at a third loop bandwidth to provide the recovered clock to the signal sampler applying adjustments based on comparing the measurements.

A method of transition encoding including: receiving a data packet having a packet size; identifying one or more forbidden patterns in the data packet; segmenting the data packet into a plurality of segments based on a location of the one or more forbidden patterns in the data packet; and encoding the plurality of segments by removing the one or more forbidden patterns, and appending position indicator bits according to positions of the segments in the data packet.

This application presents an adaptive data recovery (ADR) of original data symbols from intervals or parameters of tone signals derived from a received OFDM signal, conducted without compensating distortions or noise introduced to the received OFDM signal by an OFDM transmission channel. Such ADR is implemented by converting back the derived intervals or parameters into original data symbols corresponding to distinctive sets of the intervals or parameters which the derived intervals or parameters belong to.

A method for calculating a mean opinion score (MOS) during an ongoing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) call is provided. The method may include determining a time delay between a VoIP source and a VoIP destination connected by a communications network. A start recording message is sent from the VoIP source to the VoIP destination. A first recorded call sample from the VoIP source and a second recorded call sample from the VoIP destination are generated, whereby the first and the second recorded call sample are generated with a recording delay value corresponding the determined time delay for synchronizing the first and the second recorded call sample. Using an intrusive call quality measurement, a first MOS value is calculated based on the first and the second recorded call sample. Using a non-intrusive call quality measurement, a second MOS value is calculated based on the first MOS value.

Described herein are methods, systems, and software for accommodating failover of a content node in a content delivery network. In one example, a method of operating a content node includes receiving a communication for an end user device from a control node, wherein an interrupted content node previously handled the communication. The method further includes determining if the communication includes a synchronization packet and identifying connection information for the communication. The method also provides, if the communication includes a synchronization packet, accepting the communication and handling delivery for the end user device. The method also includes, if the communication does not include the synchronization packet, determining if a match exists between the connection information for the communication and connection information stored in a flow table, and handling the communication based on the match.