ABSTRACT
Full-duplex data transmission over a single twisted-pair cable permits the simultaneous flow of information in two directions when the same frequency band is used. Examples of applications of this technique are found in digital communications systems that operate over the telephone network. In a digital subscriber loop, at each end of the full-duplex link, a circuit, known as hybrid, separates the two directions of transmission. To avoid signal reflections at the near- and far-end hybrid, a precise knowledge of the line impedance would be required. Since the line impedance depends on line parameters that, in general, are not exactly known, an attenuated and distorted replica of the transmit signal leaks to the receiver input as an echo signal. Data-driven adaptive echo cancellation mitigates the effects of impedance mismatch.
