Facility type determination technique
CA 2118277 C · Owner: American Telephone And Telegraph Company · Inventors: Feiner, Alexander; Saltzberg, Burton Reuben
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The disclosed facility type determination technique ascertains whether or not a facility connection is solely digital. In the disclosed embodiments this information is, used to establish the rate at which data is coupled through the facility connection. More specifically, a predetermined test signal including a pseudorandom sequence of digital signals is transmitted through the facility or combination of facilities connecting a data source to a data destination after the connection between the source and destination is established. The received test signal is examined at the destination and the examination results are used to determine the rate at which data is subsequently transmitted …
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- Filed October 17, 1994 and granted September 22, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 17, 2014.
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