CA2905160C - Passive intermodulation testing using pulse stimulus - Google Patents

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CA2905160C
CA2905160C CA2905160A CA2905160A CA2905160C CA 2905160 C CA2905160 C CA 2905160C CA 2905160 A CA2905160 A CA 2905160A CA 2905160 A CA2905160 A CA 2905160A CA 2905160 C CA2905160 C CA 2905160C
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    • H04B17/20—Monitoring; Testing of receivers
    • H04B17/26—Monitoring; Testing of receivers using historical data, averaging values or statistics
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    • H04B17/30—Monitoring; Testing of propagation channels
    • H04B17/309—Measuring or estimating channel quality parameters
    • H04B17/318—Received signal strength
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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