COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF RECONSTRUCTING THE TOPOLOGY OF A CABLES NETWORK USING GENETIC ALGORITHM

摘要

Computer-implemented, iterative method of reconstructing the topology of a cable network comprising the steps of: - Obtaining (501) a measured time reflectogram Rm from a signal previously injected into the cable network; Simulate (502) initially a plurality of hypotheses of cable networks (Hi, j), then iteratively carry out the following steps: - Obtain (503), for each simulated cable network hypothesis (Hi, j), a temporal reflectogram associated simulation Ri, j, - Evaluating (504), for each simulated cable network hypothesis (Hi, j), an error criterion E (Ri, j-Rm) between the measured time reflectogram Rm and the simulated time reflectogram Ri, j, - Applying (506) to said simulated cable networks an optimization algorithm having the function of producing a plurality of modified cable networks generally having an error criterion E (Ri, j-Rm) decreased, - Replace (507) said networks simulated cables of the previous iteration by said modified cable networks for the next iteration.