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Method and apparatus of testing modems in a networking environment

  • US 6,480,531 B1
  • Filed: 10/23/1998
  • Issued: 11/12/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A digital system for use in a packet switching network including:

  • a processing unit; and

    a plurality of modem devices coupled to said processing unit for transferring digital information between a transmission link and communication equipment, the plurality of modems being organized into one or more groups of modems wherein within each group, a modem is tested relative to each of the remaining modems in the same group, a count is maintained for the number of tested modem devices that have passed the test for each of the modem devices within a group, based upon the count, said processing unit for determining a ‘

    leader’

    modem device, the ‘

    leader’

    modem device having the highest number of successful tests within each group, said processing unit for further testing the modems of each group relative to the ‘

    leader’

    modem within the respective group, and for isolating those modem devices within each group that failed the further testing relative to the ‘

    leader’

    modem during operation of the digital system.

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