Cable calculator
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1. A method for modeling cable loss for a cable plant, the method comprising:
- identifying a service to be provided over the cable plant;
selectively entering a value corresponding to at least one parameter of the cable plant; and
on entering values, determining and displaying the estimated cable loss for the cable plant providing the service based on the entered values and an empirical model of cable loss, the empirical model including data on losses affected by bridge tap placement and bridge tap length in the cable plant.
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A method for modeling cable loss for a cable plant is provided. The method includes identifying a service to be provided over the cable plant, selectively entering a value corresponding to at least one parameter of the cable plant, and on entering values, determining and displaying the estimated cable loss for the cable plant providing the service based on the entered values and an empirical model of cable loss, the empirical model including data on losses affected by bridge tap placement and bridge tap length in the cable plant.
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1. A method for modeling cable loss for a cable plant, the method comprising:
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identifying a service to be provided over the cable plant;
selectively entering a value corresponding to at least one parameter of the cable plant; and
on entering values, determining and displaying the estimated cable loss for the cable plant providing the service based on the entered values and an empirical model of cable loss, the empirical model including data on losses affected by bridge tap placement and bridge tap length in the cable plant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for modeling cable loss for a cable plant, the method comprising:
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identifying a service to be provided over the cable plant;
selectively entering a first set of values corresponding to the cable spans of the cable plant;
selectively entering a second set of values corresponding to the bridge taps of the cable plant; and
on entering each one of the first and second set of values, calculating component loss values for one of the cable spans and the bridge taps;
combining the component loss values for the cable spans and the bridge taps to generate an estimated cable loss; and
displaying the estimated cable loss for the cable plant providing the service based on the entered values and an empirical model of cable loss, the empirical model including data on losses affected by bridge tap placement and bridge tap length in the cable plant. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A tool for modeling cable loss for a cable plant, the tool comprising:
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means for identifying a service to be provided over the cable plant;
means for selectively entering a value corresponding to at least one parameter of the cable plant; and
means, communicatively coupled to the means for identifying and means for selectively entering, for determining and displaying the estimated cable loss for the cable plant providing the service on entry of the values based on the entered values and an empirical model of cable loss, the empirical model including data on losses affected by bridge tap placement and bridge tap length in the cable plant.
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14. A tool for modeling cable loss for a cable plant, the tool comprising:
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means for identifying a service to be provided over the cable plant;
means for selectively entering a first set of values corresponding to the cable spans of the cable plant;
means for selectively entering a second set of values corresponding to the bridge taps of the cable plant; and
means, communicatively coupled to the means for identifying and the means for selectively entering the first set of values and the means for selectively entering the second set of values, for calculating component loss values for one of the cable spans and the bridge taps on entering each one of the first and second set of values;
means, communicatively coupled to the means for calculating, for combining the component loss values for the cable spans and the bridge taps to generate an estimated cable loss; and
means, communicatively coupled to the means for combining, for displaying the estimated cable loss for the cable plant providing the service based on the entered values and an empirical model of cable loss, the empirical model including data on losses affected by bridge tap placement and bridge tap length in the cable plant.
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15. A machine readable medium having instructions stored thereon for implementing a method for modeling cable loss for a cable plant, the method comprising:
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identifying a service to be provided over the cable plant;
selectively entering a value corresponding to at least one parameter of the cable plant; and
on entering values, determining and displaying the estimated cable loss for the cable plant providing the service based on the entered values and an empirical model of cable loss, the empirical model including data on losses affected by bridge tap placement and bridge tap length in the cable plant. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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