SYSTEM FOR MONITORING CABLES CONNECTIONS USING A TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER AND A NETWORK DEVICE

摘要

The invention relates to communication technology. Use of the invention allows a system to monitor cable connections without establishing a network connection using a built-in time domain reflectometer of a network device. This technical result is achieved by steps of: a port of patch panel is provided with a sensor which perceives a signal of time domain reflectometer, using the time domain reflectometer the system measures length of the cable connected to a port of said network device, comparing time of said sensor actuation and time of the measurement the system determines the port of patch panel to which the port of network device is connected.

主权项

1. System for monitoring cable connections using time domain reflectometer, which system comprising:
a network device comprising ports for network connection in which device at least several of said ports are connected to an apparatus which measures length of a cable that is connected to a port; a patch panel comprising ports and each of at least some ports of said patch panel is provided with a sensor of time domain reflectometer signal which sensor changes its output signal when a signal of time domain refractometer is transmitted through a port which corresponds to said sensor; a management computer system which identifies a port of said patch panel to which a port of said network device is connected comparing time of change of signal from said apparatus and time of change of signal of said sensor .