# US 2004/0019451 A1 · Interpretation system for interpreting reflectometry information > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2004/0019451 A1 - Document ID: US20040019451A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 10/625,629 - Filed: 2003-07-24 - Published: 2004-01-29 - Earliest claimed: 2002-07-26 - Assignees: Alcatel - Inventors: Tim Vermeiren; Tom Bostoen; Leonard Pierre Van Biesen; Frank Louage; Patrick Jan Marie Boets - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20040019451A1 ## CPC - H04B 3/46: Monitoring; Testing - H04B: TRANSMISSION ## Abstract Interpretation systems (IS) for interpreting reflectometry information are provided with modules (M1,M2) for making interpretations, with each module comprising a generating module-part (G1,G2), a testing module-part (T1,T2) and a debugging module-part (D1,D2), and with one module being a generating system-part for a next module and with said next module being a testing system-part and a debugging system-part for said one module, to introduce improved (for example artificial) intelligence. These interpretation systems (IS) have double-level Generate-Test-Debug-structure or GTD-structures, two at module level as well as one at system level. This improved intelligence can be (further) improved by introducing a third module (M3) resulting in three GTD-structures at module level and two GTD-structures at system level. Interpretations are pulse-based, energy-based, simulation-based for rough, medium, precise interpretation for increasing the efficiency of the improved intelligence. ## Claims ### Claim 1 Interpretation system (IS) for interpreting reflectometry information, characterised in that said interpretation system (IS) comprises at least a first module (M1) for making a first interpretation and a second module (M2) for making a second interpretation, with each module (M1,M2) comprising a generating module-part (G1,G2), a testing module-part (T1,T2) and a debugging module-part (D1,D2), and with said first module (M1) being a generating system-part for said second module (M2) and with said second module (M2) being a testing system-part and a debugging system-part for said first module (M1). ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) Interpretation system (IS) according to claim 1, characterised in that said interpretation system (IS) comprises at least a third module (M3) for making a third interpretation, with said third module (M3) comprising a generating module-part (G3), a testing module-part (T3) and a debugging module-part (D3), and with said second module (M2) being a generating system-part for said third module (M3) and with said third module (M3) being a testing system-part and a debugging system-part for said second module (M2). ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) Interpretation system (IS) according to claim 2, characterised in that said first interpretation is a pulse-based interpretation, with said second interpretation being an energy-based interpretation, and with said third interpretation being a simulation-based interpretation. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) Interpretation system (IS) according to claim 3, characterised in that said interpretation system (IS) comprises at least one processor, with said modules (M1-3), module-parts (G1-3,T1-3,D1-3) and system-parts being software to be run via said at least one processor. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3, 4) Interpretation system (IS) according to claim 3 or 4, characterised in that said generating module-part (G1) of said first module (M1) receives measurement-feature information and/or topology information from a feature extraction and belief network module (M4), with said testing module-part (T1) of said first module (M1) sending peak-explanation information and line-delay information to said generating module-part (G2) of said second module (M2), and with said debugging module-part (D1) of said first module (M1) sending wrong-topology information and/or noise information to said feature extraction and belief network module (M4). ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) Interpretation system (IS) according to claim 5, characterised in that said testing module-part (T2) of said second module (M2) sends line-parameter information to said generating module-part (G3) of said third module (M3), with said debugging module-part (D2) of said second module (M2) sending impossible-peak-explanation information to said generating module-part (G1) of said first module (M1). ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) Interpretation system (IS) according to claim 6, characterised in that said testing module-part (T3) of said third module (M3) sends line-delay information and/or line-definition information to a signal identification module (M5), with said generating module-part (G3) of said third module (M3) receiving wrong-solution information from said signal identification module (M5), and with said debugging module-part (D3) of said third module (M3) sending wrong-parameter-range information to said generating module-part (G2) of said second module (M2). ### Claim 8 Telecommunication system comprising an interpretation system (IS) for interpreting reflectometry information, characterised in that said interpretation system (IS) comprises at least a first module (M1) for making a first interpretation and a second module (M2) for making a second interpretation, with each module (M1,M2) comprising a generating module-part (G1,G2), a testing module-part (T1,T2) and a debugging module-part (D1,D2), and with said first module (M1) being a generating system-part for said second module (M2) and with said second module (M2) being a testing system-part and a debugging system-part for said first module (M1). ### Claim 9 Method for interpreting reflectometry information, characterised in that said method comprises at least a first step of making a first interpretation and a second step of making a second interpretation, with each step comprising a generating substep, a testing substep and a debugging substep, and with said first step being a generating step for said second step and with said second step being a testing step and a debugging step for said first step. ### Claim 10 Processor program product for interpreting reflectometry information, characterised in that said processor program product comprises at least a first function of making a first interpretation and a second function of making a second interpretation, with each function comprising a generating subfunction, a testing subfunction and a debugging subfunction, and with said first function being a generating function for said second function and with said second function being a testing function and a debugging function for said first function.