Patent ID: 7239687

Claim:
An active POTS splitter for use in a telecommunications system using xDSL and POTS and including at least one central office connected to a plurality of subscribers by subscriber lines extending to each subscriber's premises, the active POTS splitter comprising: an integrated circuit (IC) chip including active splitter circuitry to be connected to a subscriber line, at the subscriber's premises, for separating analog POTS signals from xDSL signals, and line test circuitry associated with said active splitter circuitry for transmitting, at the subscriber's premises, a test signal for measuring quality parameters relating to xDSL transmission on the subscriber line, said line test circuitry transmitting the test signal based upon at least one of an event and receipt of a test request signal, said line test circuitry having associated therewith a unique identity code transmitted with the test signal; a printed circuit board mounting said IC chip; and a line jack connected to said printed circuit board for insertion into a customer premises line socket.