US 12,107,751 B2
Apparatus and method for testing network cabling in a communication network
Wayne S. Hoofnagle, Kirkland, WA (US); J. David Schell, Austin, TX (US); and Jamie M. Martin, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Fluke Corporation, Everett, WA (US)
Filed by Fluke Corporation, Everett, WA (US)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/714,284.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/171,574, filed on Apr. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0321446 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 3/46 (2015.01); H04L 43/045 (2022.01); H04L 43/50 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 43/50 (2013.01) [H04B 3/46 (2013.01); H04L 43/045 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for testing network cabling in a communication network, comprising:
receiving an indication of a user-selected network test of a plurality of network tests, wherein respective network tests in the plurality of network tests include respective sets of test requirements, and wherein the respective sets of test requirements have different levels of rigor as evaluated with respect to a common set of test results;
testing the network cabling in the communication network according to a wire map test, wherein the wire map test is indicative of which network tests of the plurality of network tests can be conducted on the network cabling, and wherein said testing the network cabling includes producing the common set of test results based on measurement of a common set of parameters that are pertinent to the set of test requirements of each network test that can be conducted according to the wire map test;
evaluating the common set of test results with respect to the respective sets of test requirements to determine one or more passing network tests; and
generating a network test interface on a display, wherein the network test interface graphically displays a plurality of test reports corresponding to the plurality of network tests, wherein each test report of the plurality of test reports indicates whether the corresponding network test is one of the one or more passing network tests.