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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ernesto Colizzi, Milan, IT;
Lucia Bianchi, Milan, IT;
Assignee:
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 1/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 1/16 ;
Abstract
A device for detecting misconnections and/or measuring the misconnection time in telecommunication networks, specifically in MS-SPRING fiber optic telecommunication networks. The device includes pattern generator/checker transmitter blocks for generating sequence of test words designed to be connected with inlets of the telecommunication network and capable of inserting at the inlets, test words which are characteristics of the inlet where they are introduced, as well as detecting blocks designed to be connected with outlets of the telecommunication network and capable of recognizing the incoming test words and the inlet, which they come from.