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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2000
Timothy E. Giorgetta, San Diego, CA (US);
Alan M. Sorgi, San Diego, CA (US);
Daniel M. Castagnozzi, Lexington, MA (US);
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for monitoring the performance of digital communications has been provided which selectively performs Forward Error Corrections (FEC)s on the monitored data. In addition to selectively performing FEC, the process selectively decodes input data, and selectively encodes data for transmission. The decoding, FEC, and encoding operations can also be combined. Further, the process selectively performs evaluations of SONET/SDH protocol communications, Gigabit Ethernet (GBE), and other fiber channel communications, in addition to the selective decode/FEC/encode processes. An apparatus and system to enable the above-mentioned selective monitoring process has also been provided.