Patent ID: 8750460
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for testing a subscriber loop, the method comprising: providing a test head at a digital loop carrier; providing a communications management system including a test operating system; connecting, through the test head and through the communications management system, the digital loop carrier to a maintenance port of a switch; loading, from the test operating system, access information in the maintenance port; configuring the maintenance port to dial a phone number associated with a subscriber loop, wherein dialing the phone number associated with the subscriber loop causes a call path to be set up between the digital loop carrier and the subscriber loop for testing the subscriber loop; commanding, with a test client communicating with the test operating system, the digital loop carrier to initiate a test of the subscriber loop utilizing a test bus; receiving test measurements of the subscriber loop from the test head co-located with the digital loop carrier; determining if the subscriber loop is available for testing; and if the subscriber loop is unavailable for testing, configuring the maintenance port to dial the phone number associated with the subscriber loop again within a preset time period to set up the call path between the digital loop carrier and the subscriber loop.