METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND ANALYZING NOISE AND OTHER EVENTS AFFECTING A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

The present invention generally relates to a method and apparatus for effectively detecting and characterizing noise and other events affecting a communications system such as digital subscriber lines (DSL). According to certain aspects, the invention includes a noise analysis engine that is embedded in customer premises equipment that classifies noise sources according to their specific characteristics and tracks each noise source in a dynamic manner, in such a way as to provide visibility to the changing noise environment within the customer premises and/or report this environment to a remote entity.

主权项

1. A method of identifying noise sources in a digital subscriber line (DSL) system:
identifying one or more noise events affecting communications over a DSL system; collecting information regarding the one or more noise events; and correlating the noise event against an internal database of noise signatures; and identifying a type of the noise source for the noise event for cancellation.