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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2007
Applicant:
Raymond Diaz, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventor:
Raymond Diaz, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
ADC DSL Systems, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 (2006.01); H04L 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A communications device apparatus and method is detailed that allows for improved system statistics gathering of network communication links, dataports, and system status. The improved communications device apparatus and method utilizes a relative time reference or clock for the determination of the starting and ending of system statistics gathering time periods. Thus allowing for the contiguous gathering of system statistics without errors or gaps caused by time changes made to an absolute time reference.