Wireless communication between testing instrument and network
OwnerThomas J. Powellinventor
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Abstract
An instrument for testing a CATV network includes a microcomputer for controlling the instrument, a memory coupled to the microcomputer, a keypad user interface coupled to the microcomputer, a digital signal processor (DSP) coupled to the microcomputer to be controlled thereby, an RF section, an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter coupled to the RF section and to the DSP, and a wireless adapter coupled to the microcomputer to provide wireless communication between the instrument and an internetwork access point.
Claims12
An instrument for testing a CATV network, the instrument including a microcomputer (μC) for controlling the instrument, a memory coupled to the μC, a keypad user interface coupled to the μC, a digital signal processor (DSP) coupled to the μC to be controlled thereby, an RF section, an analog-to-digital converter coupled
- to the RF section and to the DSP, and a wireless adapter coupled to the μC to provide wireless communication between the instrument and a network access point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.