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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
May. 31, 2002
Applicants:
Chedley Belhadj-yahya, Holmdel, NJ (US);
David S. Levy, Freehold, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Chedley Belhadj-Yahya, Holmdel, NJ (US);
David S. Levy, Freehold, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for optical performance monitoring that provides for multi-rate and multi-protocol monitoring includes, identifying a protocol associated with each of a plurality of communication signals using respective data rates extracted therefrom, determining, for each of the plurality of communication signals, a respective bit-error rate (BER), and generating an alarm indicative of BER excursions beyond a protocol appropriate BER threshold level.