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- From: tnixon@hayes.com
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: What exactly is the v.32 'buzz saw' ??
- Message-ID: <5968.2ab07b27@hayes.com>
- Date: 11 Sep 92 10:55:35 EDT
- References: <winslade.716134916@cwis>
- Organization: Hayes Microcomputer Products, Norcross, GA
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- In article <winslade.716134916@cwis>, winslade@cwis.unomaha.edu
- (John Winslade) writes:
-
- > When two v.32 modems connect, occasionally (more often than not on long
- > lines) the hissing and screeching will turn into a very distinct 'buzz'
- > for a second or two. I'm sure most of you have heard this.
- >
- > Does anyone know what is happening when this occurs ?? A guess would
- > be that it has something to do with the echo cancellation, since it seems
- > to happen mostly with long-distance connections.
- >
- > Anyone know for sure ??
-
- When two V.32 or V.32bis modems connect, the first thing the two
- modems do is called "ranging" -- determining the total propagation
- delay on the line so that far-end echo cancellation works right. The
- modems each send tones, with phase reversals at key points; the
- modems measure the time between the phase reversals to determine the
- delay. On a local call, where the propagation delay through the
- phone network is very short, this happens so fast that it just
- sounds like so quick "blips" right after the answer tone. But on a
- long-distance call (particularly overseas) the propagation delay is
- so long that you can distinctly hear the different parts of this
- sequence -- and that's the "buzz" you hear.
-
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