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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2017
Applicant:
Trane International Inc., Davidson, NC (US);
Inventor:
William David Daugherty, III, Gladewater, TX (US);
Assignee:
Trane International Inc., Davidson, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/939 (2013.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/555 (2013.01); H04L 12/2823 (2013.01); H04L 49/205 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40215 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for improving network performance include automatically setting the activation state of a termination resistor of a network device. A network communications error rate and, optionally, the identity of the network nodes associated with the errors, is determined. The error rate is compared to threshold criteria. If the error rate exceeds a predetermined threshold, the activation state of the termination resistor is toggled. If no improvement to the error rate is detected, the termination resistor is reverted to its original activation state.