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Method of locating radio frequency leaks in a CATV system

  • US 6,833,859 B1
  • Filed: 01/25/2000
  • Issued: 12/21/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/01/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of determining a source of a leakage signal from a distribution cable of a community antenna television distribution system, such method comprising the steps of:

  • providing a plurality of theoretical signal profiles that each relate theoretical leakage signals to source locations by distance;

    sampling the leakage signal from the distribution cable of the community antenna television distribution system at each of a plurality of geographic locations within an environs of the cable;

    matching the sampled leakage signals with a theoretical signal profile of the plurality of theoretical signal profiles; and

    determining a source location of where the leakage signals leak from the distribution cable based upon the matched theoretical signal profile.

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