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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 05733029', 'Application No. 05826466', 'Application No. 2007', 'Application No. 200580009905', 'Application No. 200580009905', 'Application No. 200580009905']

Patent US7995197 - Distributed backscattering - Google Patents
The present invention relates to a method for detecting or inferring a physical disturbances on a communications link, in particular by using distributed backscattering. The method includes the steps of: transmitting test signals onto a link; receiving test signals returned from a remote portion of the...http://www.google.com/patents/US7995197?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7995197 - Distributed backscattering
Publication number US7995197 B2
Application number US 11/663,954
PCT number PCT/GB2005/003680
Also published as DE602005023500D1, EP1794905A1, EP1794905B1, US20080278711, WO2006035205A1
Publication number 11663954, 663954, PCT/2005/3680, PCT/GB/2005/003680, PCT/GB/2005/03680, PCT/GB/5/003680, PCT/GB/5/03680, PCT/GB2005/003680, PCT/GB2005/03680, PCT/GB2005003680, PCT/GB200503680, PCT/GB5/003680, PCT/GB5/03680, PCT/GB5003680, PCT/GB503680, US 7995197 B2, US 7995197B2, US-B2-7995197, US7995197 B2, US7995197B2
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US 7995197 B2
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International Classification G01N21/00, G01M11/00, H04B10/071
Cooperative Classification G01M11/3181, H04B10/071
European Classification H04B10/071, G01M11/31C
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