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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1981

Filed:

Dec. 05, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:

Ian S Groves, Ipswich, GB;

David R Guard, Ipswich, GB;

Steven Whalley, Ipswich, GB;

Assignee:

The Post Office, London, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
179 / ; 179 / ;
Abstract

A control unit for establishing a four-wire connection between two terminals via a pair of telephone lines comprises switching means which are operable to provide a connection to a pair of telephone lines, signalling means connectible to said lines via said switching means to enable another control unit to be signalled via a line, and line send and receive circuitry connected to the switching means. The line send and receive circuitry has an input for connection to the send channel of a terminal and an output for connection to the receive channel of the terminal. A central control controls operation of the switching means and line send and receive circuitry to automatically establish a four-wire connection and adjust parameters of the line send and receive circuitry to compensate for loss on the telephone line.


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