Echo canceler-based mechanism for performing and reporting fault diagnostic testing of repeatered telecommunication line
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1. A method of determining the location of a fault along a repeatered wireline serving digital subscriber equipment at a location remote with respect to a central office facility, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) applying an electrical stimulus to an electrically conductive wireline pair from a repeater installed in said wireline pair;
(b) at said repeater, measuring a response of said electrically conductive wireline pair to said electrical stimulus applied in step (a), and generating an output from which the distance from said repeater to said fault is to be determined; and
(c) processing said output generated in step (b) to determine where in said electrically conductive wireline pair said fault is located.
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Abstract
A repeater-installed fault location mechanism conducts parametric measurements on a segment of wireline to which the repeater is connected, and adjusts taps of an echo cancellation operator in the repeater transceiver equipment, in accordance with the response of the wireline to an electrical stimulus imparted to the wireline segment. Information representative of the echo canceler tap coefficients is then transmitted over an overhead to a processor, to determine fault the location of a fault.
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1. A method of determining the location of a fault along a repeatered wireline serving digital subscriber equipment at a location remote with respect to a central office facility, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) applying an electrical stimulus to an electrically conductive wireline pair from a repeater installed in said wireline pair; (b) at said repeater, measuring a response of said electrically conductive wireline pair to said electrical stimulus applied in step (a), and generating an output from which the distance from said repeater to said fault is to be determined; and (c) processing said output generated in step (b) to determine where in said electrically conductive wireline pair said fault is located. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of determining the location of a fault along a repeatered wireline serving digital subscriber equipment at a location remote with respect to a central office facility, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) applying an electrical stimulus to a wireline segment from a repeater installed in said wireline; (b) at said repeater, measuring a response of said wireline segment to said electrical stimulus applied in step (a), and generating an output from which the distance from said repeater to said fault is to be determined; and (c) processing said output generated in step (b) to determine where in said wireline segment said fault is located wherein step (a) comprises applying a wideband signal to said wireline segment from said repeater, and step (b) comprises generating coefficients of an echo cancellation operator in accordance with the measured reflection response of said wireline segment to said wideband signal, and generating an output representative of said coefficients of said echo cancellation operator.
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11. An arrangement for determining the location of a fault along a repeatered electrically conductive wireline pair serving digital subscriber equipment at a location remote with respect to a central office facility, comprising:
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an electrical stimulus generator within a repeater; and a measurement unit installed in said repeater, which is operative to measure a response to said electrical stimulus of an electrically conductive wireline pair to which said repeater is connected, and to transmit a message over an overhead to said central office representative of said response. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An arrangement for determining the location of a fault along a repeatered wireline serving digital subscriber equipment at a location remote with respect to a central office facility, comprising:
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a measurement unit installed in said repeater, which is operative to measure a response to said electrical stimulus of a wireline segment to which said repeater is connected, and to transmit a message over an overhead to said central office representative of said response; and a processing unit that is operative to process information contained in said message transmitted over said overhead from said repeater to determine where in said wireline segment said fault is located, and wherein said an electrical stimulus generator is operative to apply a wideband signal to said wireline segment from said repeater, and said measurement unit is operative to generate coefficients of an echo cancellation operator in accordance with the measured reflection response of said wireline segment to said wideband signal, and to generate an output representative of said coefficients of said echo cancellation operator.
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21. A method comprising;
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(a) conducting electrical measurements upon an electrically conductive wireline pair from a repeater unit installed in said electrically conductive wireline pair; (b) reporting results of said electrical measurements conducted in step (a) over an orderwire to a processing unit; and (c) processing said results of said electrical measurements reported in step (b) at said processing unit to determine the location of said fault. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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