Broad band test point element management system
AssigneeGeneral Instrument Corporation
InventorsRichard R. Dziekan, Jr., Robert Green
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for graphically presenting information representative of the operation of a communication system to a user monitoring the performance of the system. The method comprises the steps of simultaneously displaying information representative of the operation of the system at a plurality of test points to the user. For each of the test points, information representative of the operation of the system at a plurality of different bandwidths is simultaneously presented to the user during the displaying step. For each bandwidth associated with a given test point, a graphical image representative of the operation of the system at the given test point is presented to the user simultaneously during the displaying step.
Claims15
An apparatus for graphically presenting information representative of the operation of a communication system to a user monitoring the performance of the system, comprising:
- a graphical user interface that simultaneously displays information representative of the operation of the system at a plurality of test points to the user, wherein the graphical user interface displays:
- a plurality of different bandwidths simultaneously presented to the user for each of the test points, wherein for each of the plurality of different bandwidths, for each of the plurality of test points, the graphical user interface displays:
- information representative of the signal-to-noise ratio at the given test point for each bandwidth;
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- a graphical image representative of the operation of the system at the given test point for each bandwidth.
A method for graphically presenting information representative of the operation of a communication system to a user monitoring the performance of the system, comprising the steps of:
- simultaneously displaying information representative of the operation of the system at a plurality of test points to the user;
- wherein, for each of the test points, information representative of the signal-to-noise ratio at a plurality of different bandwidths is also simultaneously presented to the user during the displaying step;
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- wherein, for each bandwidth associated with a given test point, a graphical image representative of the operation of the system at the given test point is also presented to the user simultaneously during the displaying step.
A computer readable medium having stored therein instructions for graphically presenting information representative of the operation of a communication system to a user monitoring the performance of the system, wherein the instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- simultaneously display information representative of the operation of the system at a plurality of test points to the user;
- wherein, for each of the test points, information representative of the signal-to-noise ratio at a plurality of different bandwidths is also simultaneously presented to the user during the displaying step;
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- wherein, for each bandwidth associated with a given test point, a graphical image representative of the operation of the system at the given test point is also simultaneously presented to the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.