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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2008
Walter Miller, Greenwood, IN (US);
Pingnan Shi, Greenwood, IN (US);
Reena Ramname, Fishers, IN (US);
Gregory W. Massey, Greenfield, IN (US);
Walter Miller, Greenwood, IN (US);
Pingnan Shi, Greenwood, IN (US);
Reena Ramname, Fishers, IN (US);
Gregory W. Massey, Greenfield, IN (US);
Acterna LLC, Germantown, MD (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for testing susceptibility of a receiver to intermodulation distortion of a digital channel, the method including selecting a first digital channel from channels in a composite signal, determining a first power measurement from the first digital channel, determining a total power measurement from other channels in the composite signal, and determining susceptibility of the first digital channel to intermodulation distortion by comparing the first power measurement and the total power measurement with intermodulation distortion characteristics of the receiver.