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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
May. 29, 2003
Steven L. Makowski, Naperville, IL (US);
Peter Charles Tomasino, St. Charles, IL (US);
Edward Anthony Uram, Ii, Lemont, IL (US);
Steven L. Makowski, Naperville, IL (US);
Peter Charles Tomasino, St. Charles, IL (US);
Edward Anthony Uram, II, Lemont, IL (US);
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method of testing trunks grouped in tributaries to evaluate interoffice transmission quality across a TDM network of all trunks in the office. The method includes performing a testing cycle testing only one trunk in each tributary in the central office to verify transmission quality. Testing includes setting up an interoffice connection to the one trunk, performing a transmission test on the one trunk. The method can also include attempting a connection to every trunk in each tributary in the testing cycle. The method can also include performing a plurality of testing cycles until all trunks in the central office have been tested, wherein each testing cycle includes testing one untested trunk in each tributary.