Programmable small form-factor pluggable module
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1. A system to perform one or more service assurance and management functionalities on a network, the system comprising:
- remotely programmable small form factor pluggable (SFP) optical transceiver located at a network node including an optical transmitter and an optical receiver;
a programmable signal processor coupled with the SFP optical transceiver;
the SFP optical transceiver, the programmable signal processor, a discoverer and a remote station coupled to the network;
the discoverer discovering the programmable signal processor in the network;
the remote station programming the programmable signal processor, with a selected subset of one or more service and assurance functionalities transmitted by the remote station to said programmable signal processor, wherein the selected subset is based on power limitations of the SFP optical transceiver.
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Abstract
A small form factor pluggable (“SFP”) transceiver for use in a communications network includes a transmitter adapted to be coupled to the network for supplying signals to the network, a receiver adapted to be coupled to the network for receiving signals from the network, and a programmable signal processing module coupled to the transmitter and the receiver and adapted to be programmed from a remote station coupled to the network. The module can be programmed to perform at least one service or management function on the network.
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1. A system to perform one or more service assurance and management functionalities on a network, the system comprising:
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remotely programmable small form factor pluggable (SFP) optical transceiver located at a network node including an optical transmitter and an optical receiver; a programmable signal processor coupled with the SFP optical transceiver; the SFP optical transceiver, the programmable signal processor, a discoverer and a remote station coupled to the network; the discoverer discovering the programmable signal processor in the network; the remote station programming the programmable signal processor, with a selected subset of one or more service and assurance functionalities transmitted by the remote station to said programmable signal processor, wherein the selected subset is based on power limitations of the SFP optical transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for remotely programming one or more small form factor pluggable (SFP) optical transceivers located at a network node to perform one or more service assurance and management functionalities on a network, the method comprising:
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discovering, by a discoverer, a programmable signal processor coupled with each of the one or more SFP optical transceivers; programming, by a remote station, the programmable signal processor to perform a subset of the one or more service assurance and management functionalities using a management packet transmitted by the remote station to the discovered SFP optical transceiver, wherein the subset is selected based on the power limitations of the SFP optical transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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