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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2011
Scott R. Kotrla, Wylie, TX (US);
Christopher N. Delregno, Rowlett, TX (US);
Michael U. Bencheck, Richardson, TX (US);
Matthew W. Turlington, Richardson, TX (US);
Glenn A. Wellbrock, Wylie, TX (US);
Scott R. Kotrla, Wylie, TX (US);
Christopher N. DelRegno, Rowlett, TX (US);
Michael U. Bencheck, Richardson, TX (US);
Matthew W. Turlington, Richardson, TX (US);
Glenn A. Wellbrock, Wylie, TX (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
An approach is provided for bit error rate characterization. A test signal representing one or more Ethernet frames exhibiting a particular bit error rate is generated. The test signal is output to a device under test. Traffic is received from the device under test. A determination is made as to whether a link failure condition exists at a port on an Ethernet switch.