Apparatus and method for shared line testing
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1. A testing arrangement for use in a communications network carrying POTS and data traffic in an environment wherein a splitter is located between a data subassembly and a voice subassembly on one side and a subscriber on an opposite side, the testing arrangement comprising test equipment switchably connected between said splitter and said subscriber.
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Testing arrangement for use in a communications network carrying POTS and data traffic in an environment wherein a splitter (10) is located between a data subassembly and a voice subassembly on one side and a subscriber (14) on the other side.
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- 1. A testing arrangement for use in a communications network carrying POTS and data traffic in an environment wherein a splitter is located between a data subassembly and a voice subassembly on one side and a subscriber on an opposite side, the testing arrangement comprising test equipment switchably connected between said splitter and said subscriber.
- 33. A testing method for use in a communications network carrying POTS and data traffic in an environment wherein a splitter is located between a data subassembly and a voice subassembly on one side and a subscriber on an opposite side, the testing method comprising switchably connecting test equipment between said splitter and said subscriber.
- 69. A switching assembly useful in a testing arrangement for use in a communications network carrying POTS and data traffic in an environment wherein a splitter is located between a data subassembly and a voice subassembly on one side and a subscriber on an opposite side, the testing arrangement comprising test equipment switchably connected between said splitter and said subscriber, said switching assembly comprising at least one switch interconnecting said test equipment with said splitter and said subscriber.
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79. A switching matrix assembly useful with a switching assembly forming part of a testing arrangement for use in a communications network carrying POTS and data traffic in an environment wherein a splitter is located between a data subassembly and a voice subassembly on one side and a subscriber on an opposite side, the testing arrangement comprising test equipment switchably connected between said splitter and said subscriber, said switching assembly comprising at least one switch interconnecting said test equipment with said splitter and said subscriber, said switching matrix assembly comprising:
a plurality of frequency band filters which are switchably interconnected in series between said test equipment and at least one of said subscriber line and said splitter, thereby to provide switchable testing of at least one of said subscriber line and said splitter at a plurality of frequency bands.
- 80. A splitter useful in a communications network carrying POTS and data traffic in an environment wherein a splitter is located between a data subassembly and a voice subassembly on one side and a subscriber on an opposite side including a testing arrangement comprising test equipment switchably connected between said splitter and said subscriber, said splitter comprising at least one switch integrated with said splitter in a single housing.
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84. A switching methodology useful in a testing arrangement for use in a communications network carrying POTS and data traffic in an environment wherein a splitter is located between a data subassembly and a voice subassembly on one side and a subscriber on an opposite side, the methodology comprising:
switchably connecting test equipment between said splitter and said subscriber, including employing at least one switch for interconnecting said test equipment with said splitter and said subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93)
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94. A switching matrix methodology useful with a switching methodology employed in a testing arrangement for use in a communications network carrying POTS and data traffic in an environment wherein a splitter is located between a data subassembly and a voice subassembly on one side and a subscriber on an opposite side, the testing arrangement comprising test equipment switchably connected between said splitter and said subscriber, said switching methodology comprising employing at least one switch interconnecting said test equipment with said splitter and said subscriber, said switching matrix methodology comprising:
switchably interconnecting a plurality of frequency band filters in series between said test equipment and at least one of said subscriber line and said splitter, thereby to provide switchable testing of at least one of said subscriber line and said splitter at a plurality of frequency bands.
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