Method for the status analysis of a subscriber loop to support broadband telecommunication services
AssigneeTelecom Italia S.p.A.
InventorsFlavio Marigliano, Gianfranco Panarotto, Rosaria Persico
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Abstract
A method for analyzing the status of a subscriber loop belonging to an access network portion of a fixed network infrastructure, the subscriber loop not supporting a broadband service wherein the access network portion includes further subscriber loops, a set of which support broadband services. The method includes the steps of collecting attenuation measures associated with said set of subscriber loops supporting said broadband services; and processing said attenuation measures to obtain an estimation of a maximum bit rate that can be offered on the subscriber loop to be analyzed.
Claims9
A method for analysing status of a subscriber loop belonging to an access network portion of a fixed network infrastructure, said subscriber loop not supporting a broadband service, said access network portion comprising further subscriber loops, a set of which support broadband services, comprising:
- collecting attenuation measures associated with said set of subscriber loops supporting said broadband services, wherein the attenuation measures comprise attenuation measures of the Dual End Loop Test (DELT) type;
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- processing said attenuation measures to obtain an estimation of a maximum bit rate that can be offered on said subscriber loop to be analysed, wherein processing comprises validating said attenuation measures with a range check, a variability check, and a coherence check and computing a mean attenuation value.
A system for analysing status of a subscriber loop belonging to an access network portion of a fixed network infrastructure, said subscriber loop not supporting a broadband service, said access network portion comprising further subscriber loops, a set of which support broadband services, comprises:
- a module capable of being configured for collecting attenuation measures associated with said set of subscriber loops supporting said broadband services, wherein the attenuation measures comprise attenuation measures of the Dual End Loop Test (DELT) type;
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- a module capable of being configured for processing said attenuation measures to obtain an estimation of a maximum bit rate that can be offered on said subscriber loop to be analysed, wherein processing comprises validating said attenuation measures with a range check, a variability check, and a coherence check and computing a mean attenuation value.
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