SLICED BANDWIDTH DISTORTION PREDICTION

摘要

A method, and apparatus for performing the method, the method includes the steps of: estimating a time when a dominant channel distortion occurs for each of a plurality of received test signals (510), wherein each of the plurality of received tested signals occupies a different position in frequency in a communications medium having a given bandwidth; determining a differential group delay for the times estimated for each of the plurality of received test signals (522); and approximating a phase distortion of the communications medium as the differential group delay. In a variation, the method further includes the steps of: estimating a power of each of the plurality of received test signals; determining an amplitude ripple by evaluating the power of each of the plurality of received test signals; and approximating an amplitude distortion of the communications medium as the amplitude ripple (524).