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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2015
Applicant:
Fluke Corporation, Everett, WA (US);
Inventors:
Paul S. Swanson, Monument, CO (US);
Clinton J. Wooton, Lake Stevens, WA (US);
Michael Imhof, Bothell, WA (US);
Assignee:
Fluke Corporation, Everett, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/24 (2006.01); H04M 3/08 (2006.01); H04M 3/22 (2006.01); H04M 3/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/308 (2013.01); H04M 3/229 (2013.01); H04M 3/2209 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hand held test instrument for testing a DSL line is provided. The test instrument includes an interface for unintrusive connection with the DSL under test. The interface is configured to capture Radio Frequency (RF) signals corresponding to a portion of a data stream transmitted by a communication device over the DSL under test. The hand held test instrument further includes a controller module configured to identify unique characteristics of the communication device based on the captured RF signals.