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US 2014/0177463 A1Published application
Signal Monitoring Platform
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorJorge Salinger
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Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure relate to signal monitoring at edge of a network domain in a network. A monitoring device can evaluate communication quality of information streams in downstream frequency channels, and operation conditions in a telecommunication network. In one aspect, communication quality can be evaluated at the physical layer level or at a higher-layer level containing payload data. In response to an operation issue, the monitoring device can transmit a notification to a node of a distribution platform of the telecommunication network.
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A device, comprising:
- a plurality of tuners configured to receive a plurality of data streams associated with a plurality of downstream frequency channels;
- a plurality of demodulators each functionally coupled to at least one tuner of the plurality of tuners, each demodulator of the plurality of demodulators being configured to demodulate at least one data stream of the plurality of data streams;
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- an analysis unit configured to analyze data resulting from demodulation of the at least one data stream of the plurality of data streams, and produce at least one communication quality metric based on analysis of the data.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, by at least one tuner, a plurality of data streams associated with a plurality of downstream frequency channels;
- demodulating, through at least one demodulator functionally coupled to the at least one tuner, at least one data stream of the plurality of data streams;
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- analyzing, by an analysis unit functionally coupled to the at least one demodulator, communication quality of data resulting from the demodulating step.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.