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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2000
Applicant:
Roger Faulkner, Swindon, GB;
Inventor:
Roger Faulkner, Swindon, GB;
Assignee:
Teradyne, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/24 (2006.01); H04M 3/08 (2006.01); H04M 3/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The method assesses the suitability of customer telephone lines () for data transmission. The method includes selecting a telephone line having tip and ring wires by means of a computer () and switch (), and electrically connecting the tip and ring wires together at a test access () adjacent one end of the selected line to produce a common mode configuration. Single-ended electrical measurements are performed on the wires in the common mode configuration by a measurement unit () connected to the test access () to determine an electrical property of the wires from the measurements.