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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2013
Applicant:
Enginuity Communications Corporation, St. Charles, IL (US);
Inventor:
Marco Mascitto, Montreal, CA;
Assignee:
Enginuity Communications Corporation, St. Charles, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 11/0071 (2013.01); H04Q 11/0066 (2013.01);
Abstract
A small form factor pluggable device (SFP) or other compact transceiver device is provided at a subscriber's site and is configured to perform Layer 3 testing (e.g., ICMP echo request and response operations) for testing connectivity across networks. A universal interface coupling a conventional transceiver to host equipment is also disclosed which has components that can provide additional functionality to the transceiver while maintaining compatibility between the transceiver and the host equipment.