Method and apparatus for mapping communications media
US4916444A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 25, 1988 |
| Grant date | Apr 10, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 25, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M3/229
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method for the efficient generation of a wiring map of the connectivity between two sets of terminals at different locations which have established communication links between respective terminals at the two locations. A single at a first location uniquely identifies each of the terminals, by code, frequency, sequence of connection or the like, and is transmitted to a respective termimal at the second location via a respective communication link. The terminals at the second location are sampled and the presence of the transmitted signal correlated to the identity of the first terminal. The correlation may be direct, as by unique terminal identifier, or by a comparision of data bases stored by computers. First and second data bases, each relating the terminal locations to the transmitted information, respectively, are correlated to create a third data base used to generate a map of the linked terminals.
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