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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2002
Applicants:
Emanuela Grandi, Pavia, IT;
Mauro Macchi, Gorla Maggiore, IT;
Inventors:
Emanuela Grandi, Pavia, IT;
Mauro Macchi, Gorla Maggiore, IT;
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L001/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical receiver threshold may be optimized in real time based on a forward error correction (FEC) error statistics. A relative number of corrected ones as compared to corrected zeros is tracked. The threshold is shifted in response to an imbalance between the two types of errors.