Patent ID: 7457712

Claim:
An apparatus including a distributed test equipment system for testing analog communications systems, comprising: a packet-switched network interface including a first server connection node and a first client connection node for relaying a first plurality of packetized test commands and a first plurality of packetized signal data; a first analog signal receiver responsive to a first analog signal received from a first external signal source by measuring said first analog signal and generating a first plurality of measurement data representing said first analog signal; a first server coupled to said first server connection node and said first analog signal receiver, and responsive to said first plurality of packetized test commands by packetizing and transmitting, via said first server connection node, said first plurality of measurement data as said first plurality of packetized signal data; and a first client computer including a first user interface, coupled to said first client connection node, responsive to a first plurality of user commands received via said first user interface by generating and transmitting said first plurality of packetized test commands, and further responsive to said first plurality of user commands and said first plurality of measurement data by processing said first plurality of measurement data to produce a first plurality of processed signal data representing a first plurality of characteristics of said first analog signal.