US Patent 7639022 Method and apparatus for measuring data rates

Patent 7639022 was granted and assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I on December, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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AT&T Intellectual Property I

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United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7639022

Patent Inventor Names

Jin Wang0

Date of Patent

December 29, 2009

Patent Application Number

11461972

Date Filed

August 2, 2006

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Jeff Natalini

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A method and apparatus for measuring data rates is disclosed. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a diagnostic system having a Time Domain Reflectometer (TDR) element that submits a signal over a cable and determines from its reflection in the cable a length of the cable and a length of a bridged tap, and a diagnostic element that determines downstream and upstream bit rates for the cable according to the length of the cable and the length of the bridged tap. Additional embodiments are disclosed.

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