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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:
Nov. 30, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Muhammad A. Afzal, Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Assignee:
Teradyne, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/24 ; H04M 3/08 ; H04M 3/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/24 ; H04M 3/08 ; H04M 3/22 ;
Abstract
A system and method for testing lines in a network. The system and method are described in connection with a system for use with a telephone network to aid a network operator determine whether the any line can support high speed data services. According to the method, a mapping is created between low frequency measurements and average loop loss over a high frequency range. The average loop loss is sued to compute the equivalent working length of a line, which is an industry standard measure of the ability of a line to support high speed data services.