PLUGGABLE TRANSCEIVER MODULE WITH ENHANCED CIRCUITRY
First Claim
1. A pluggable transceiver comprising:
- a receive section including;
receive digital function circuitry configured to monitor bit error rates of a serial signal; and
a transmit section including;
transmit digital function circuitry configured to monitor bit error rates of a serial signal.
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Abstract
Pluggable transceiver modules with additional functions and circuitry contained within the module. In a first embodiment, additional circuitry is added to determine bit error rates at the point of the module itself. This allows a much better diagnostic evaluation of location of problem. In an alternate embodiment, various logic is placed in the module. In a first alternate embodiment encryption/decryption units are placed in the converter module so that encryption and decryption operations on the serial bitstream do not need to be performed in a switch. Existing switches can be used but the interconnecting links can still be encrypted. A second alternate embodiment includes compression/decompression units placed in the module to allow effective higher throughput on the selected links.
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25 Claims
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1. A pluggable transceiver comprising:
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a receive section including; receive digital function circuitry configured to monitor bit error rates of a serial signal; and a transmit section including; transmit digital function circuitry configured to monitor bit error rates of a serial signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A pluggable transceiver comprising:
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a receive section including; receive digital function circuitry configured to decrypt a serial signal; and a transmit section including; transmit digital function circuitry configured to encrypt a serial signal. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A pluggable transceiver comprising:
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a receive section including; receive digital function circuitry configured to decompress a serial signal; and a transmit section including; transmit digital function circuitry configured to compress a serial signal. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A network device comprising:
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a pluggable transceiver that monitors bit error rates; a processor coupled to said pluggable transceiver; and software, running on said processor, that causes said processor to obtain bit error rate values from said pluggable transceiver and to provide said bit error rate values for use by a user.
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17. A network device comprising:
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a pluggable transceiver that encrypts and decrypts serial signals; a processor coupled to said pluggable transceiver; and software, running on said processor, that causes said processor to provide a key to said pluggable transceiver and to activate encryption and decryption by said pluggable transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A network device comprising:
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a pluggable transceiver that compresses and decompresses serial signals; a processor coupled to said pluggable transceiver; and software, running on said processor, that causes said processor to activate compression and decompression by said pluggable transceiver.
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21. A method comprising:
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detecting bit error rates in a serial signal in a pluggable transceiver; reading said detected bit error rates from the pluggable transceiver; and providing said read, detected bit error rates for use by a user.
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22. A method comprising:
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providing a key to a pluggable transceiver; and encrypting and decrypting serial signals in the pluggable transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A method comprising:
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selectively compressing and decompressing serial signals in a pluggable transceiver; and activating the compression and decompression in the pluggable transceiver.
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Specification