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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2015
At&t Intellectual Property I, Lp, Atlanta, GA (US);
Richard Hart, Cameron Park, CA (US);
Xiaochuan Yi, Danville, CA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for detecting and analyzing discontinuities in a communications link are disclosed. In some embodiments, the systems and methods operate to project signals into the communications link and detecting reflected signals. The reflected signals are processed to define a transformed distribution of the reflected signals. A peak value in the transformed distribution is selected and a local fit to the selected peak value is performed using a model function. A residue distribution is formed based upon the transformed distribution and the model function. A location of the discontinuity based upon the residue distribution is identified, and another peak value from the residue distribution is selected. Additional systems and methods are disclosed.