DMT test method for determining ADSL capability of cables

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6445773
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09593371

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A DMT (Discrete Multi-Tone) test method is provided. The test method is employed by two test devices to estimate the theoretical and practical data rates of a cable under test for a pair of target ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) DMT modems. The present DMT test can also be used to analyze the cause of, or to predict a problem, whereby a pair of ADSL DMT modems could fail to synchronize. The method includes (a) synchronizing two devices at lower frequencies; (b) measuring the frequency characteristics of the cable with test signals; (c) measuring the cable noise and interference for every sub-channel of the ADSL bandwidth; (d) determining the theoretical and practical data rates for every sub-channel, based on the measured frequency characteristics and noise characteristics, as well as modem parameters selected by the user; (e) estimating the theoretical and practical data rates for the ADSL bandwidth based on the ADSL DMT standard selected by the user.

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EXFO ELECTRO-OPTICAL ENGINEERING INCQUEBEC CAN

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Layton, Robert Aurora, CA 2 68
Liang, Ronald Y R Thornhill, CA 1 67

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