SCHEME OF REMOTE CONTROL OF THE SLICING LEVEL OF A RECEIVER IN A SMART TRANSCEIVER
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Abstract
A scheme is described of remote control of the slicing level of a receiver in a smart SFP (or SFP+, or XFP) duplex (or BiDi, or SWBiDi) transceiver in a communication system using an operating system with OAM and PP functions, an OAM, PP & Payload Processor, a transceiver, a BERT, and an optical link in the field.
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45 Claims
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24. A method for remotely controlling a first transceiver in an optical fiber communication system, the method comprising:
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configuring the first transceiver to operate in a loopback mode; iteratively measuring bit error rate (BER) on a communication link with the first transceiver, the communication link including an optical link, and sending a message to change a first decision threshold level of a receiver of the first transceiver; and determining a second decision threshold level for the receiver of the first transceiver, based on the iteratively measured BER. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. An apparatus for remotely controlling a first transceiver in an optical fiber communication system, the apparatus comprising:
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one or more processors remotely located from the first transceiver; a second transceiver coupled to the one or more processors; and a bit error rate testing (BERT) device coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to; send a configuration message, via the second transceiver, to configure the first transceiver to operate in a loopback mode; iteratively measure bit error rate (BER) on a communication link with the first transceiver, the communication link including an optical link, and send a message to change a first decision threshold level of a receiver of the first transceiver; and determine a second decision threshold level for the receiver of the first transceiver, based on the iteratively measured BER. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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