Patent ID: 9179337
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: G01R,H04B,H04J,H04L,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for identifying for repair one or more of a plurality of signal leaks in an HFC network carrying a forward path signal affected by a BTS signal transmitted from a base transceiver station and received by the HFC network through the leaks, said system comprising: (a) signal detection equipment for detecting the BTS signal near each of the plurality of leaks; (b) BTS level means, associated with said signal detection equipment, for determining a level of the BTS signal detected near each of the plurality of leaks, to produce a plurality of BTS signal levels associated with the plurality of leaks, respectively; and (c) a processor configured to determine whether the BTS signal is likely to affect the forward path signal of the HFC network at each of the plurality of leaks based on, for each said leak, the BTS signal level associated with said leak, whereby if the BTS signal is likely to affect the forward path signal of the HFC network at a leak of the plurality of leaks, then the leak is identified for repair.