Patent Document ID: 9581675
Application ID: 13773253
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. An apparatus for characterizing a total network [TN] using a signal measurement instrument, comprising: the signal measurement instrument connected to the total network [TN], the total network [TN] having a first individual multiport network [N1] and a second individual multiport network [N2]; the first individual multiport network [N1] and the second individual multiport network [N2] cascaded and interconnected by an unsupported connector where ‘:’ denotes the unsupported connector interface and [TN]=[N1]:[N2]; a first adapter [A1] added to the first individual multiport network [N1]; a first augmented network [M1] where [M1]=[N1]:[A1]; a second adapter [A2] added to the second individual multiport network [N2]; a second augmented network [M2] where [M2]=[A2]:[N2].