Tollgrade Communications, Inc.

Timothy J Vitanza

Regis J Nero, Jr

Rebecca Webb Ross

Gregory M Nulty

Muhammad A Afzal

In a method of testing a residential broadband communication network, a residential gateway or set top box (STB) performs one or more single-ended parametric tests of the residential network that runs therebetween. The residential gateway or STB also performs one or more single-ended reflectometry tests of the residential network that runs therebetween. The residential gateway and the STB perform one or more dual-ended tests of the residential network that runs therebetween. The residential gateway dispatches the results of the foregoing tests to either: a device on the residential network, a device of another network that supplies broadband services to the residential network, or an intelligent device coupled to the residential gateway.

Integrated ethernet over coaxial cable, STB, and physical layer test and monitoring

A system for determining insertion loss of a telephone line under test (LUT) is responsive to electrical stimulation of an input of the LUT at each frequency of a first plurality of discrete frequencies for determining values of at least two of Rs, Cs, Rp and Cp at each frequency, wherein Rs and Cs represent an equivalent series RC input impedance of the LUT and Rp and Cp represent an equivalent parallel RC input impedance of the LUT. The system determines an insertion loss value of the LUT as a function of a value of one of Rs, Cs, Rp and Cp determined at one frequency of the first plurality of frequencies and a value of another one of Rs, Cs, Rp and Cp at another frequency of the first plurality of frequencies.

Apparatus and method for measuring loop insertion loss single-endedly

A system for determining insertion loss of a telephone line under test (LUT) predicts a length d of the LUT at each of a number of discrete frequencies. The system determines for each predicted length d a running standard deviation that is a function of the predicted length(s) d at and below the frequency where the predicted length d was determined; and determines a mean length (dm) of the LUT as a function of the lengths d of the LUT determined for each frequency at and below the pair of adjacent frequencies where the largest difference between running standard deviations occurs. The system determines a gauge of the LUT as a function of the running standard deviation the one of said pair of adjacent frequencies; and determines an insertion loss value of the LUT as a function of the gauge and the mean length dm.

The system and method of determining insertion loss of a telephone line under test (LUT) determines a first insertion loss as a function of plurality of different equivalent circuit values of the LUT determined at a plurality of different frequencies of a first set of discrete frequencies. A running standard deviation (rSTD) of a predicted length d of the LUT at each frequency of a second set of discrete frequencies is determined from the predicted lengths d of the LUT at and below said frequency. A second insertion loss is determined based on the pair of adjacent discrete frequencies of the second set of discrete frequencies that have the largest difference between their rSTDs. Based on a comparison of the first and second insertion losses to an expected insertion loss, one of these insertion losses is deemed to be the actual insertion loss of the LUT.

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Mars, PA, United States of America

Timothy J Vitanza