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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey Brede, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Steven P. Buska, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Assignee:
ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 1/408 ; H04B 1/004 ; H04L 2/706 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 1/408 ; H04B 1/004 ; H04L 2/706 ;
Abstract
A method of communicating errors to a head end of a telecommunications system is described. The method inclues monitoring a downstream transmission channel at a service unit for transmission errors, generating a signal at the service unit that indicates errors in the downstream transmission and transmitting the signal to the head end on an associated upstream communication channels.