INTEGRATED ETHERNET OVER COAXIAL CABLE, STB, AND PHYSICAL LAYER TEST AND MONITORING

摘要

In a method of testing a residential broadband communication network, a residential gateway or set top box (STB) performs one or more single-ended parametric tests of the residential network that runs therebetween. The residential gateway or STB also performs one or more single-ended refiectometry tests of the residential network that runs therebetween. The residential gateway and the STB perfom one or more dual-ended tests of the residential network that runs therebetween. The residential gateway dispatches the results of the foregoing tests to either: a device on the residential network, a device of another network that supplies broadband services to the residential network, or an intelligent device coupled to the residential gateway.