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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2007
Jeffrey A. Gibala, North Huntingdon, PA (US);
Matthew G. Cimbala, Saxonburg, PA (US);
Thomas R. Schneider, Jr., Beaver Falls, PA (US);
Regis J. Nero, Jr., Export, PA (US);
Gregory L. Quiggle, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Jeffrey A. Gibala, North Huntingdon, PA (US);
Matthew G. Cimbala, Saxonburg, PA (US);
Thomas R. Schneider, Jr., Beaver Falls, PA (US);
Regis J. Nero, Jr., Export, PA (US);
Gregory L. Quiggle, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Tollgrade Communications, Inc., Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for testing a modem of a digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM) includes a pair of modems communicatively coupled to each other by way of a communications path that includes a first DSL communication medium connected to one modem, a second DSL communication medium connected to the other modem, which is part of the DSLAM, and an Ethernet medium connected between the first and second DSL modems. DSL signals can be dispatched from the first (or second) modem via the first (or second) DSL communication medium for receipt by the second (or first) DSL modem via the second (or first) DSL communication medium, whereupon, DSL signals passing from the first DSL communication medium to the second DSL communication medium, or vice versa, are converted into Ethernet packets for transmission over the Ethernet medium and then back into DSL signals.