US 11,659,081 B2
Systems, methods, and storage media for testing local loops of telecommunications networks
Thomas C. Woldahl, Phoenix, AZ (US); Erik V. Helfrich, Queen Creek, AZ (US); Michael J. Durkin, Littleton, CO (US); Larry J. North, Littleton, CO (US); and Abid Khan, Castle Rock, CO (US)
Assigned to Level 3 Communications, LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed by Level 3 Communications, LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/687,318.
Application 17/128,737 is a division of application No. 16/680,275, filed on Nov. 11, 2019, granted, now 10,880,430, issued on Dec. 29, 2020.
Application 17/687,318 is a continuation of application No. 17/128,737, filed on Dec. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,277,509.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/768,589, filed on Nov. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0191322 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04M 3/30 (2006.01); H04M 1/24 (2006.01); H04M 3/22 (2006.01); H04M 3/32 (2006.01); H04L 5/14 (2006.01); H04M 11/06 (2006.01); H04L 67/01 (2022.01)
CPC H04M 3/30 (2013.01) [H04L 5/1438 (2013.01); H04L 5/1476 (2013.01); H04M 3/304 (2013.01); H04M 3/323 (2013.01); H04M 11/062 (2013.01); H04L 67/01 (2022.05)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for automatically testing local loops of telecommunications networks, the system comprising:
one or more hardware processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
obtain attenuation data collected by a computing device communicatively coupleable with a local loop of a telecommunications network, the attenuation data including a first attenuation value for a first tone carried by the local loop, the first attenuation value indicating attenuation for the first tone, and a second attenuation value for a second tone carried by the local loop, the second attenuation indicating attenuation for the second tone;
obtain a first attenuation threshold for the first tone and a second attenuation for the second tone, the first attenuation threshold indicating an allowable attenuation for the first tone for providing a service over the local loop and the second attenuation threshold indicated an allowable attenuation for the second tone for providing the service over the local loop;
determine whether at least one of the first attenuation value exceeds the first attenuation threshold or the second attenuation value exceeds the second attenuation threshold;
obtain a third attenuation threshold for the first tone and a fourth attenuation for the second tone, the third attenuation threshold indicating an allowable attenuation for the first tone for providing a second service over the local loop and the second attenuation threshold indicating a second allowable attenuation for the second tone for providing the second service over the local loop; and
determine whether at least one of the first attenuation value exceeds the third attenuation threshold or the second attenuation value exceeds the fourth attenuation threshold.