Pattern injector
US5072447A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 8, 1989 |
| Grant date | Dec 10, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 8, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/50
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A pattern injector for testing stations in a data communications network and the physical link between them. The pattern injector replaces normal characters in a normal, unmodified stream with injection characters. The pattern injector includes a multiplexor that receives both a current normal character and the injection character as inputs and provides the injection character as its output upon receipt of a select signal. Selection logic responsive to mode selection inputs selectively provides the select signal to the multiplexor in response to the various programmable pattern injector modes. In the Off mode, no replacement of normal characters occurs. In the One-Shot mode, the n.sup.th normal character after detection of a preselected normal character in the unmodified stream is replaced with the injection character. In the Periodic mode, every n.sup.th normal character in the unmodified stream is replaced with the injection character. In the Continuous mode, all normal characters in the unmodified stream are replaced with the injection character.
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