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A method for enhancing the performance of a network signal processing platform

CA 2310963 C · Owner: Bowker, Duane Oliver · Inventors: Shelby, Kevin Alan; Daumer, William Richard; Bowker, Duane Oliver

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The present invention relates to a method for enhancing performance of a network signal processing platform. The method is comprised of the steps of generating and transmitting a tag signal the tag signal for receipt by customer premises equipment; determining signal loss in a path of a local loop based on a first calibration signal issued by the customer premises equipment to the network signal processor the first calibration signal representing tag signal loss; adjusting gain mapping in the network signal processor in accordance with the determined signal loss; generating and transmitting a wide-band signal the wide-band signal for receipt by customer premises equipment; estimating upon …

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  • Filed March 19, 1998 and granted February 18, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 19, 2018.
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FiledMarch 19, 1998
GrantedFebruary 18, 2003
Term endedMarch 19, 2018
Patent numberCA 2310963 C
Classification (IPC)H04M3/30 +2 more

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