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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1996
Terrance J. Hill, Fairfield, OH (US);
Harold A. Roberts, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Brian D. Anderson, Plymouth, MN (US);
Jeffrey Brede, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Mark S. Wadman, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Robert J. Kirscht, Savage, MN (US);
James J. Herrmann, Eagan, MN (US);
Michael J. Fort, Eagan, MN (US);
Steven P. Buska, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Jeff Solum, Bloomington, MN (US);
Debra Lea Enfield, Chaska, MN (US);
Darrell Berg, Bloomington, MN (US);
Thomas Smigelski, Lake Zurich, MN (US);
Thomas C. Tucker, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Joe Hall, Bloomington, MN (US);
John M. Logajan, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Somvay Boualouang, Bloomington, MN (US);
Heng Lou, Bloomington, MN (US);
Mark D. Elpers, Elk River, MN (US);
Matt Downs, Bloomington, MN (US);
Tammy Ferris, Bloomington, MN (US);
Adam Opoczynski, Plano, TX (US);
David S. Russell, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Calvin G. Nelson, Shorewood, MN (US);
Niranjan R. Samant, Middletown, CT (US);
Joseph F. Chiappetta, Trumbull, CT (US);
Scott Sarnikowski, San Jose, CA (US);
ADC Telecommunications Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Abstract
A method for monitoring at least one telephony communication n-bit channel, wherein one of the bits is a parity bit, includes sampling the parity bit of the n-bit channel. A probable bit error rate is derived from the sampling of the parity bit. The probable bit error rate can be compared to a pre-determined bit error rate value to determine if the at least one telephony communication n-bit channel is corrupted. If the at least one telephony communication n-bit channel is corrupted, the at least one telephony communication n-bit channel is re-allocated to an uncorrupted and unallocated telephony communication n-bit channel. Further, at least one unallocated telephony communication channel can be periodically monitored and error data accumulated to indicate the quality thereof.