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Remote module for a communications network

  • US 20030097624A1
  • Filed: 08/15/2002
  • Published: 05/22/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving at a network interface a first framed digital signal from customer premises equipment;

    determining whether the first framed digital signal indicates a failure;

    configuring overhead bits in a second framed digital signal, such that the configuration is equivalent to insertion of errors into the first framed digital signal at a bit error ratio (BER) of not greater than a predetermined ratio, if the first framed digital signal indicates a failure;

    selectively transmitting from the network interface the first framed digital signal, if no failure was indicated, or the second framed digital signal in place of the first framed digital signal if a failure was indicated, to indicate that the failure reported by the first framed digital signal is located in the customer premises equipment.

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