Passive telecommunication monitor system

• US 20020168058A1
• Filed: 07/03/2002
• Published: 11/14/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/1997
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Africa Development Enterprises CC
• Original Assignee: Africa Development Enterprises CC
• Inventors: Gailbraith, Bruce Graham
• Application Number:
  US10/187,845
• Publication Number:
  US 20020168058A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/133
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/30 for subscriber's lines , for the local loop

Abstract

A passive system for monitoring a voice, data, image, text or other telecommunication media by a customer has means to connect the line to be monitored, a processing unit which measure the signals passing through the line means to compare these measured signals with predetermined values, or monitors the progress of a call; and means of indicating the status of the line as determined by the comparison or cell progress monitor, by visual or audible alarm or display.

Claims

1. A passive monitoring system for telecommunication lines includes:

means to connect the line to be monitored,

a processing unit adapted to measure the signals passing through the line and

a means to compare the measured values to predetermined values, and/or monitor the progress of a call, and

a means of indicating the status of the line as determined by the comparison and/or the call progress monitor, via a visual and/or audible alarm or display.

2. The passive monitoring system according to claim 1 in which the system first determines the static state of the line by the process of comparison and thereafter if the static state of the line is satisfactory, determines the dynamic state of the line by monitoring the progress of a call.

3. The passive monitoring system according to claim 1 in which the system is adapted to establish at what state a call is aborted or cannot proceed further, the processing using determining the fault present.

4. The passive monitoring system according to claim 1 in which a modem is provided in order to communicate the status to a remote location.

5. The passive monitoring system according to claim 1 in which the processing unit includes means adapted to perform tests to identify the cause of line faults.

6. The passive monitoring system according to claim 1 which is adapted to engage all forms of solid telecommunications media including copper wire or cable, fibre optic, coaxial cable, radio, satellite, microwave or other landline or solid transmission media.