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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
May. 12, 2009
Applicant:
Charles J Kim, Annandale, VA (US);
Inventor:
Charles J Kim, Annandale, VA (US);
Assignee:
Howard University, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/08 (2006.01); G01R 31/06 (2006.01); H01H 73/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/28 (2006.01); H04L 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A signal is conducted from a controller module onto a network via a first coupling. The signal is transmitted across the network and received at one or more receiver modules via one or more second couplings. At the one or more receiver modules, the received signal is analyzed and based upon the analysis, a determination is made as to whether a fault has occurred in the network and/or where the occurrence occurred.