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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2005

Filed:

Apr. 18, 2001
Applicants:

Gary Bogardus, San Carlos, CA (US);

Sandro Squadrito, San Jose, CA (US);

Kishan Shenoi, Saratoga, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gary Bogardus, San Carlos, CA (US);

Sandro Squadrito, San Jose, CA (US);

Kishan Shenoi, Saratoga, CA (US);

Assignee:

Symmetricom, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3108 ; H04J 110 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Systems and methods are described for fault detection for subscriber loop repeaters. A method includes monitoring an upstream signal on a digital subscriber loop for a fault detection signal that is added to said upstream signal at a repeater; and determining if a fault has occurred. An apparatus includes a digital subscriber loop fault detection system including: a receiver circuit that monitors an upstream signal on said digital subscriber loop for a fault detection signal that is added to said upstream signal at a repeater; and a logic circuit that determines whether a fault has occurred.


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