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Remote loopback apparatus and method for telephone line repeaters

US5600656A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 25, 1995
Grant dateFeb 4, 1997
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Expiry dateOct 25, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B17/408
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A loopback enabled by an instruction and address code pair transmitted with the regular data stream affords a simplified fault location scheme for a T1 repeater span. By selecting unique addresses for each repeater using a predetermined frame sequence and by testing for logic error density, erroneous enablement is avoided.

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