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Method for determining the transmission characteristics of an electric line

US6064212A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 27, 1993
Grant dateMay 16, 2000
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Expiry dateSep 27, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B3/46
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for determining the transmission characteristics (H(jf)) of an electric line (2) in an ISDN system, in which a test signal (m(t)) is applied to the line (2) at one end, and at the other end of the line (2) the received signal (g(t)) produced owing to the test signal (m(t)) is evaluated. In order to be able to carry out such a method using a test signal having a crest factor of one with relatively little cost, use is made as test signal of a binary, bipolar random number sequence signal (m(t)) having the crest factor of one, and during a time interval corresponding to the period of the test signal (m(t)) the received signal (g(t)) is scanned and subjected to a Fourier transformation to obtain a spectral signal (G(jf)); the latter is complexly multiplied by a reference spectrum Mi(jf) to obtain an output signal (H(jf) which represents a measure of the transmission characteristics of the line (31).

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