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Connectivity scanner

US5854824A · kind A · utility

234Cited by
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31Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 30, 1995
Grant dateDec 29, 1998
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Expiry dateAug 30, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q1/136
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An interconnection monitoring system for use with a multiple node wired network, the system comprising a plurality of transmitters, each located at a node of the network for transmitting a transmission from the node and a plurality of receivers, each located at a node of the network, for receiving a transmission at the node, the plurality of transmitters being operative to transmit along the network a signal bearing an identification code identifying the node from which a transmission takes place, the plurality of receivers being operative to receive transmissions from a plurality of nodes, bearing the identification codes and thus indicating the interconnection status of the nodes.

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