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Metrology device for the automatic monitoring of a digital signal broadcast network and a broadcast network comprising one such metrology device

US8769078B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 11, 2002
Grant dateJul 1, 2014
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Expiry dateMar 19, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L12/2801
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The metrological device, for example for a broadcasting network, for monitoring an upline broadcast signal includes a main component and upline control data. The metrological device includes an extraction circuit for extracting the upline control data from the upline broadcast signal and delivering an upline instruction, and a measuring circuit for measuring a parameter of the upline broadcast signal according to the upline instruction and delivering a measurement result. A control circuit produces a downline instruction from the measurement results and an upline result produced by the extraction circuit from the upline control data, and an insertion circuit produces a downline signal to broadcast comprising firstly the main component of the upline broadcast signal and secondly the downline control data containing the downline instruction.

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