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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2007
Gayle L. Noble, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Lucy G. Hosking, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Luke M. Ekkizogloy, San Jose, CA (US);
Gayle L. Noble, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Lucy G. Hosking, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Luke M. Ekkizogloy, San Jose, CA (US);
Finisar Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Test transceivers are disclosed for testing optical networks. The test transceivers generate one or more errors on a network in a specific, reproducible way, thereby enabling a tester to easily and readily identify whether network devices are operating properly, or prone to failure. A corrective transceiver is also disclosed. The corrective transceiver is configured to continually detect operating parameters of one or more network devices in a network. The corrective transceiver can identify the operating parameters through out-of-band communication with the one or more network devices. The corrective transceiver is further configured with one or more instructions to adjust its own operating parameters to re-sync with another network device as necessary to continue network communications during a failure of the network device.