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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2001
P. Kingston Duffie, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jayant Ragde, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Wojtek Antoszkiewicz, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Turnstone Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention described herein relates to a splitter bypass system and method for monitoring, testing and maintaining copper loops and lines. Switching devices are implemented in the present invention to bypass a low pass filter and/or a high pass filter in the splitter, thereby actuating bypass functions to bypass a splitter or portions thereof for enabling pure metallic access to the loop, digital equipment, voice equipment, and/or test equipment. The splitter bypass function can be used with a conventional splitter in the current voice and digital system. The splitter bypass operation includes selecting a copper loop or portions thereof for monitoring, testing and maintenance.