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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE TOTAL POWER MARGIN AVAILABLE FOR AN HFC NETWORK

  • US 20070245177A1
  • Filed: 10/19/2006
  • Published: 10/18/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus for measuring a network comprising:

  • a receiver configured to receive communications from a first network element at a first frequency f1 and a test signal from test network element at a test frequency ft at the same time, the test signal from the test network element containing testing data;

    an error monitoring unit which is configured to measure an error rate of the test signal at the frequency ft to provide a measured error rate; and

    a power monitoring unit which is configured to measure power in communication signals received in the network to provide a measured power.

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