Cross-connect node for switching quality detector to incoming signal specified by request message from adjacent node
CA 2213839 C · Owner: Shiragaki, Tatsuya · Inventors: Shiragaki, Tatsuya; Henmi, Naoya
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A network node comprises a cross-connect switch and a single signal quality monitor connected to one of the output ports of the cross-connect switch. The switch is controlled by a processor to establish connections. The processor is responsive to a request message from another network node for causing the switch to establish a connection between one of the input ports of the switch specified by the request message and the signal quality monitor and returns a reply message indicating a quality level of a signal appearing at the input port. A switched telecommunications network such, as Internet, may be used for transmission of the request and reply messages. Alternatively the request and …
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- Filed August 25, 1997 and granted December 18, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 25, 2017.
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