Abstract:
Telecommunications testing apparatus comprising analysis means arranged to receive a distorted signal which corresponds to a test signal when distorted by telecommunications apparatus to be tested, the analysis means comprising means for periodically deriving, from the distorted signal, a plurality of spectral component signals responsive to the distortion in each of a plurality of spectral bands, over a succession of time intervals, the analysis means being arranged to generate a measure of the subjective impact of the distortion due to the telecommunications apparatus, said measure of subjective impact being calculated to depend upon the spread of the distortion over time and/or said spectral bands.
Abstract:
A selective call receiver (5) has a programmable baud detector (12, 14) which is programmed (30) to test (33) for an absence of a paging signal having a predetermined baud rate at a first falsing rate and then programmed (36) to test (38) for either the presence or absence of the signal at a second baud rate lower than the first falsing rate, wherein samples from the first test (33) are also used in the determination made by the second test (38).
Abstract:
A telephone ringback apparatus includes a microprocessor-controlled (150) communications device which is connectable with telephone equipment contained in a central office, such as a toll trunk facility, having the capability of identifying the number of a calling party. In response to the telephone user dialing a prescribed ringback access code, the apparatus signals the toll trunk facility causing it to transmit a message representative of the number of the telephone from which the user is calling. Upon receipt of this message the telephone number of the calling party is stored. A synthesized voice message is transmitted to the user instructing the user to hang-up. When the apparatus detects that the phone has been placed back on-hook, it proceeds to transmit dialing signals containing the previously stored number of the telephone, causing the calling party's telephone to ring. As an additional feature the apparatus is designed to carry out prescribed signalling tests, in response to prescribed test codes input by a craftsperson. Depending on the contents of a test code the apparatus may generate a series of prescribed tones or terminate the line with a precision impedance, enabling the craftsperson to conduct line quality measurements from his calling location.
Abstract:
A receiver that receives (203) a stream of information symbols (101) may detect that usability of the stream of information symbols received as follows. Upon receiving the stream of information symbols (101), the receiver (203) separates the stream of information symbols into a desired portion and an undesired portion wherein the desired portion is the originally transmitted stream of information symbols and the undesired portion is interference and noise (204). From the undesired portion and the desired portion, the usability can be determined based on a ratio of the two portions.
Abstract:
Modems 1, 2 undertake a start-up sequence in which modem 1 transmits a first multi-frequency test signal; modem 2 measures the SNR of the first test signal; modem 2 transmits a time reference to modem 1; modem 1 responds by switching from the first test signal to a second such signal having a different power from the first; modem 2 measures the SNR of the second test signal and also recognises the timing of the power transition to determine the duration of the delay between the time reference and the transition.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for finding the transmission properties (H(jf)) of an electric line (2) in an ISDN system in which a test signal (m(t)) is applied to one end of the line (2) and at the other end the reception signal (g(t)) produced by the test signal (m(t)) is evaluated. In order to be able to conduct such a process with a test signal with a crest factor of one with relatively little cost, the test signal used is a binary, bipolar random numerical sequence signal (m(t)) with the crest factor one and the reception signal (g(t)) is scanned at time intervals corresponding to the period of the test signal (m(t)) and subjected to a Fourier transformation to provide a spectrum signal (G(jf)); the latter is complexly multiplied by a reference spectrum Mi(jf) to provide an output signal (H(jf)) which provides a measure for the transmission properties of the line (31).
Abstract:
In a process for controlling and/or monitoring, in which a calling unit (7, 8) exchanges information with processing units (6) in polling-selecting mode, the processing units (6) can be switched from a first to a second transmission mode. In the first transmission mode, the telegrams are switched through without intermediate storage, whereas in the second transmission mode, they are switched through only in the absence of errors. The process can be advantageously used in devices for in-process monitoring of devices in communication engineering.
Abstract:
A method for data flow rate detection useful with data flow rate control is introduced into a TCP packet communication environment which does not have data rate supervision by computing presumed speed based on latency between packets during initial interchange of synchronization (SYN) packet and the acknowledgement (ACK) packet, presuming to know the initial length of each. This information may be utilized to determine potential rate of data flow for further use in making bandwidth allocation and rate enforcement decision.
Abstract:
The present disclosure includes a discussion of a method of and apparatus for channel quality estimation (CQE) (131) in a receiver (111). Each channel is divided into observation intervals and sub-intervals. The duration of the sub-interval is chosen as the largest interval in which the channel is essentially static. The CQE (131) generates error information (129) for each symbol of the sub-interval and collects the error information for a symbol interval forming a sub-interval error value. The CQE (131) maps the sub-interval error value into a sub-interval bit error rate (BER) estimate. The mapping is a non-linear function dependent on the specific radio system. Then, the CQE (131) averages the sub-interval BER estimates over the entire observation interval, forming an interval BER estimate. Finally, the CQE (131) compares the interval BER estimate to a predetermined threshold, forming a channel quality estimation decision for each observation interval.
Abstract:
Switching points (2) are addressed along a cable (1) and information is transmitted to or received by the addressed switching points by an information conductor (3). The switching points are arranged inside the cable sheath (5) and inside the screening (6) in order to protect them from environmental conditions and electromagnetic interference. The information is transmitted through the cable sheathings (5) and/or (6). A physical value for which the sheathings (5) and (6) are transparent is modulated according to the information to be transmitted.