Detection of cable of a network of cables by a telecommunication equipment item
AssigneeOrange
InventorsRégis Esnault, Pascal Pagani
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Abstract
A method and telecommunication equipment item for detecting a cable of a network of cables, in particular of a network of electrical cables, especially ones which are not detectable to the naked eye. For example, a network of electrical cables may be embedded inside the partitions of a building. The telecommunication equipment item has a receiver and a detector of a predefined electrical signal injected into a network of cables as a function of electromagnetic signals received by the receiver. Thus, the receiver is not required to be a specific equipment item dedicated solely to this use but may be implemented in a telecommunication equipment item with which users are widely equipped such as a smartphone, a tablet, etc.
Claims22
A telecommunication equipment item configured to communicate with other telecommunication equipment via a telecommunication network, the telecommunication equipment item comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive electromagnetic signals including wireless communication signals;
- and
- a cable detector configured to detect a predefined electrical signal injected into a network of cables as a function of radiated electromagnetic signals received by the receiver of the telecommunication equipment, the predefined electrical signal injected into the network of cables being radiated by the cables as radiated electromagnetic signals.
A communicating object comprising:
- a wired transmission interface configured to be connected to a network of cables of a communication network;
- a generator of a predefined electrical signal configured to be injected into the network of cables using the wired transmission interface;
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- a communication interface configured to communicate information relating to the predefined electrical signal with a cable detector configured to detect the predefined electrical signal over a communication network.
A method of cable network location comprising the following acts implemented by a telecommunication equipment item that is configured to communicate with other telecommunication equipment via a telecommunication network:
- receiving, by an electromagnetic receiver of the telecommunication equipment item configured to receive wireless communication signals, electromagnetic signals radiated from a network of cables responsive to an injection of a predefined electrical signal into the network of cables;
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- detecting the predefined electrical signal as a function of the received electromagnetic signals.
A method for signaling a network of cables implemented by a communicating object, the method comprising:
- generating a predefined electrical signal using a generator of the communicating object;
- injecting the predefined electrical signal into a network of cables using a wired transmission interface of the communicating object;
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- communicating information relating to the predefined electrical signal with a cable detector configured to detect the electrical signal over a communication network using a communication interface of the communicating object.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a processor of a telecommunication equipment item, which is configured to communicate with other telecommunication equipment via a telecommunication network, configure the telecommunication equipment item to perform acts comprising:
- receiving, by an electromagnetic receiver of the telecommunication equipment item configured to receive wireless communication signals, electromagnetic signals radiated from at network of cables responsive to an injection of a predefined electrical signal into the network of cables;
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- detecting the predefined electrical signal as a function of the received electromagnetic signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.