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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2013
Applicant:
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Inventors:
Martin Wanyonyi Koyabe, London, GB;
Zhan Cui, London, GB;
Assignee:
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY, London, GB;
Attorney:
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); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04M 3/10 (2006.01); H04M 11/06 (2006.01); G01R 31/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/305 (2013.01); H04L 43/0811 (2013.01); H04L 43/16 (2013.01); H04L 43/50 (2013.01); H04M 3/08 (2013.01); H04M 3/085 (2013.01); H04M 3/10 (2013.01); H04M 3/2209 (2013.01); G01R 31/04 (2013.01); H04M 11/062 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for monitoring connection status of a cable in a network comprising a detector operationally connected to the cable, a metal line test module, and a processor for receiving from the detector one or more connection status reports about connection of the cable to a network node, and configured to cause, upon a connection status report threshold being reached, a test of the cable by the metal line test module to confirm the connection status of the cable. Related apparatus and methods are also disclosed.