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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2007
Wael William Diab, San Francisco, CA (US);
Scott Powell, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Minshine Shih, Irvine, CA (US);
Wael William Diab, San Francisco, CA (US);
Scott Powell, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Minshine Shih, Irvine, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for using a physical layer device to locate a thermal signature in a cable plant for diagnostic, enhanced, and higher power applications. Cable heating in specific sections of a network cable is detected through an automatic identification of a thermal signature in electrical measurements of a network cable. The correlation of the thermal signature to a specific section of the network cable enables network personnel to locate hot spots in the network cable with ease.