Binder MIMO Channels

This paper introduces a multiple-input multiple-output channel model for the characterization of a binder of telephone lines. This model is based on multiconductor transmission line theory, and uses parameters that can be obtained from electromagnetic theory or measured data. The model generates frequency-dependent channel/binder transfer function matrices as a function of cable type, geometric line-spacing and twist-length parameters, and source--load configurations. The model allows the extraction of the magnitude and the phase of individual near end crosstalk, far end crosstalk, split-pair, and phantom transfer functions from the transfer function matrix of the binder. These individual crosstalk transfer functions are often found to be very sensitive to small imperfections in the binder. Examples of category 3 twisted pair American telephone lines and ldquoquadrdquo telephone cables are also presented.

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