Abstract: A novel method for automatically analyzing reflectograms in order to classify impedance discontinuities detected via their temporal or spectral signatures into various categories relating to potential faults or other physical elements present on the cable. A method for detecting the mutual influence of neighboring pulses in a reflectogram in order to separate them so as to isolate them and characterize each pulse accurately.

Abstract: A method for determining at least one lineal parameter of a transmission line comprises the following steps: determining at least one measurement of the complex propagation factor ? as a function of frequency on the basis of at least one measurement carried out on the transmission line, determining at least one measurement of the lineal attenuation ? of the transmission line equal to the real part of the measurement of the complex propagation factor ? and/or at least one measurement of the phase factor ? of the transmission line equal to the imaginary part of the measurement of the complex propagation factor ?, filtering the measurement of the lineal attenuation ? and/or the measurement of the phase factor ? on the basis of a polynomial frequency regression model dependent on the physical characteristics of the transmission line.

Abstract: A method for characterizing a segment of a transmission line, a reference signal being injected into the line and a time-domain measurement of the reflection of the reference signal in the line being carried out, the method comprises the following steps: applying a deconvoluting step to the time-domain measurement so as to generate a deconvoluted temporal sequence comprising a plurality of amplitude peaks each corresponding to an impedance discontinuity; removing, from the amplitude of at least one obtained peak, the contribution of at least one secondary reflection of the signal from an impedance discontinuity; deducing, from the temporal position of each peak, a position of an associated impedance discontinuity in the line segment; and deducing, from the amplitude of each peak, an estimate of the real part of the reflection coefficient of a wave reflected from each identified impedance discontinuity.

Abstract: A method for characterizing a segment of a transmission line, a reference signal being injected into the line and a time-domain measurement of the reflection of the reference signal in the line being carried out, the method comprises the following steps: applying a deconvoluting step to the time-domain measurement so as to generate a deconvoluted temporal sequence comprising a plurality of amplitude peaks each corresponding to an impedance discontinuity; removing, from the amplitude of at least one obtained peak, the contribution of at least one secondary reflection of the signal from an impedance discontinuity; deducing, from the temporal position of each peak, a position of an associated impedance discontinuity in the line segment; and deducing, from the amplitude of each peak, an estimate of the real part of the reflection coefficient of a wave reflected from each identified impedance discontinuity.

Abstract: A method for determining at least one lineal parameter of a transmission line comprises the following steps: determining at least one measurement of the complex propagation factor ? as a function of frequency on the basis of at least one measurement carried out on the transmission line, determining at least one measurement of the lineal attenuation ? of the transmission line equal to the real part of the measurement of the complex propagation factor ? and/or at least one measurement of the phase factor ? of the transmission line equal to the imaginary part of the measurement of the complex propagation factor ?, filtering the measurement of the lineal attenuation ? and/or the measurement of the phase factor ? on the basis of a polynomial frequency regression model dependent on the physical characteristics of the transmission line.

Abstract: This interference reduction method in a receiver (2) comprising at least two antennas (4, 6), each receiving a signal transmitted through a radio propagation channel, comprises the following steps: —weighting (20) of each of the signals received with a weighting vector associated respectively with a respective antenna of the receiver; —combination (22) of the weighted signals received to obtain a combined received signal; —weighting (24) of a reference signal with another weighting vector; —comparison (26) of the combined received signal and the weighted reference signal to obtain an error; and —determination (28) of the weighting vectors with the help of the maximum a posteriori criterion by maximizing the probability of realization of the said weighting vectors conditionally with the error obtained.

Abstract: The reflectometry method for identifying at least one fault affecting a cable at at least one point, comprises: a step for estimating a parameter characteristic of the propagation of a signal within the cable, which include the attenuation ?(f), the phase factor ?(f), the reflection coefficient ?in(f) seen at the input of the cable from which is subtracted an estimate of the reflection coefficient in the absence of faults or a function, linear or non-linear, any of these parameters or a combination of parameters, the estimation being made as a function of the frequency of the signal based on a reflectogram of the signal, a step for transformation of the estimate of the parameter from the frequency domain into the time domain, a step for identification of the faults affecting the cable from the identification of the amplitude peaks of the estimate of the parameter transformed into the time domain.

Abstract: A method for analyzing a cable, into which a first reference signal g is injected, calculates the dynamic correlation between a measurement f of the reflection, from at least one discontinuity in the cable, of the injected signal g and a second reference signal gp equal to the first reference signal g weighted by a frequency-dependent function modeling the propagation of a wave along the cable.

Abstract: This interference reduction method in a receiver (2) comprising at least two antennas (4, 6), each receiving a signal transmitted through a radio propagation channel, comprises the following steps:—weighting (20) of each of the signals received with a weighting vector associated respectively with a respective antenna of the receiver;—combination (22) of the weighted signals received to obtain a combined received signal;—weighting (24) of a reference signal with another weighting vector;—comparison (26) of the combined received signal and the weighted reference signal to obtain an error; and—determination (28) of the weighting vectors with the help of the maximum a posteriori criterion by maximising the probability of realisation of the said weighting vectors conditionally with the error obtained.