William J Zenkus

US Patent:

20060218616, Sep 28, 2006

Filed:

Feb 9, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/350105

Inventors:

Marcel Schemmann - West Hartford CT, US
Venkatesh Mutalik - Middletown CT, US
Roy Harbert - Pittsburgh PA, US
William Zenkus - Seymour CT, US

Assignee:

Broadband Royalty Corporation - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

H04N 7/173

US Classification:

725129000, 725105000

Abstract:

A diagnostic and prescriptive system and method for management of a combined optical and RF cable plant system. In an exemplary embodiment the method and system uses optical receivers in a hub or headend to determine a variety of cable plant parameters such as the OMI of the received signal and automatically facilitated prescriptive service through prioritization and automatic recalibration. In another exemplary embodiment the method allows doing such signal OMI measurements in a closed loop system (that is a fully operational system). In addition, a further exemplary method and system allows storing of standard receiver calibration information such that from thereon signal OMI measurements that can be performed without signal interruption.