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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2003
Merlin A. Rhoda, Reno, NV (US);
Scott A. Blomquist, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Merlin A. Rhoda, Reno, NV (US);
Scott A. Blomquist, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
JDS Uniphase Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A system or method that extends a communication test/measurement agent by providing the communication test/measurement agent with built-in functionality to allow a central communication test/measurement system to generically communicate with and operate the agent, and by providing the communication test/measurement agent with built-in functionality to allow the agent to automatically recognize and dynamically incorporate plugins that are specific to different types of communication interfaces and which allow the network test/measurement system to communicate with the respective different types of communication interfaces.