Granted Patent B2

US 9,124,683 · App. 14/344,238 · Granted Sep 1, 2015

Abstract

Claims (25)

1. A diagnostic engine for remotely analyzing a fault of a telecommunication line, said diagnostic engine being adapted to be coupled to a termination of said line and wherein said diagnostic engine comprises:

a first measurement module adapted to be coupled to said termination and adapted to measure first line characteristics according to a Metallic Line Testing measurement technique; and

a fault detection module to detect, based upon said first line characteristics, a fault on said line and to trigger thereupon a determining module; and

a showtime module to be coupled to said termination to determine whether said line is in showtime mode and to inform thereupon said determining module accordingly; and

said determining module adapted to trigger, in the event when said line being in showtime mode, activation of a second measurement module; and

said second measurement module adapted to be coupled to said termination and to measure second line characteristics according to a Dual Ended Line Testing measurement technique;

a combining module coupled to said first and said second measurement module and adapted to combine said measured first and second line characteristics of said line and to analyze therewith further features of said fault;

a severe module to be coupled to said fault detection module and adapted to determine whether said fault is a severe fault and to inform thereupon said determining module accordingly; and

said determining module being further adapted to force, in the event when said line being in showtime and said fault being a severe fault, restart of a synchronization mode of said line and to ensure thereby measurement of said second-line characteristics according to said Dual Ended Line Testing measurement technique at least during said synchronization mode, said severe fault being a predefined category of kind of faults among the possible MELT faults.

2. The diagnostic engine of claim 1 , wherein said determining module being further adapted to delay, said restart of said synchronization mode of said line and said trigger of said activation of said second measurement module (DELT), until a predefined time moment.

3. The diagnostic engine of claim 1 , wherein said determining module being further adapted to wait, in the event when said line not being in showtime and said fault being a severe fault, until a synchronization mode of said line starts to ensure thereby measurement of said second line characteristics according to said Dual Ended Line Testing measurement technique at least during said synchronization mode.

4. The diagnostic engine of claim 1 , wherein said determining module being further adapted to delay, in the event when said line not being in showtime and said fault not being a severe fault, activation of said second measurement module until said showtime module reports that said line is in showtime mode.

5. The diagnostic engine of claim 1 , wherein diagnostic engine is comprised in a telecommunication access node.

6. The diagnostic engine according to claim 1 , wherein said line is a DSL telecommunication line.

7. A method for remotely analyzing a fault of a telecommunication line wherein said method comprises:

measuring first line characteristics at a termination of said line according to a Metallic Line Testing measurement technique; and

detecting with a fault detection module, based upon said first line characteristics, a fault on said line and thereby, in the event of detecting such fault, triggering a determining module; and

determining with a showtime module whether said line is in showtime mode and informing thereupon a determining module accordingly; and

triggering with said determining module, in the event when said line being in showtime mode, activation of a second measurement module; and

with said second measurement module measuring second line characteristics according to a Dual Ended Line Testing measurement technique;

combining with a combining module said measured first and second line characteristics of said line and analyzing therewith further features of said fault

determining by means of a severe module whether said fault being a severe fault and informing thereupon said determining module accordingly; and

forcing by means of said determining module, in the event when said line being in showtime mode and said fault being a severe fault, a restart of a synchronization mode of said line and ensuring thereby measurement of said second-line characteristics according to said Dual Ended Line Testing measurement technique at least during said synchronization mode, said severe fault being a predefined category of kind of faults among the possible MELT faults.

8. The method for remotely analyzing a fault of a telecommunication line according to claim 7 , wherein said method further comprises a steps of waiting, in the event when said line not being in showtime and said fault being a severe fault, until said line comes into a synchronization mode and ensuring thereby measurement of said second line characteristics according to said Dual Ended Line Testing measurement technique at least during said synchronization mode.

9. The method for remotely analyzing a fault of a telecommunication line according to claim 7 , wherein said method further comprises a step of waiting, in the event when said line not being in showtime and said fault not being a severe fault, until a reporting step of said showtime module that said line is in showtime mode being received.

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