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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2005
Jagdish S. Patel, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Keshav Kamble, Fremont, CA (US);
Gregory Allen Foster, Gilroy, CA (US);
Jagdish S. Patel, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Keshav Kamble, Fremont, CA (US);
Gregory Allen Foster, Gilroy, CA (US);
Rockstar Consortium US LP, Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
The mode of operation in which a port is configured to operate may be selected so that the manner in which the port will interpret a loss of signal on a receive fiber may be specified. In an immediate mode, the port will interpret a loss of signal on a receive fiber as an indication of a fault on the transmit fiber (or interfaces associated with the transmit fiber) and will immediately shut its transmit interface down. In a multiple cycle detection mode, the port will not immediately interpret a loss of signal on a receive fiber as an indication of a fault on the transmit fiber, but rather will begin monitoring the receive fiber to look for a specified loss of signal pattern on the receive fiber. In this mode the port will interpret a repetitive loss of signal on the receive fiber as an indication of a fault on the transmit fiber. By providing a mode selector, the manner in which the ports are configured to operate may be adjusted individually, as a group, or globally.