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Method and apparatus for monitoring a performance of an Ethernet data stream

US10362501B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ADVA Optical Networking SE · DE

Inventors

Cornelius Fuerst · Munich, DE
Wayne Sankey · Plano, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 28, 2017
Grant date	Jul 23, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 17, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L1/0078
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for monitoring a performance of an Ethernet data stream, EDS, said apparatus comprising: an evaluation unit adapted to evaluate sync headers and block type fields of line code vectors of the Ethernet data stream, EDS; and a counter unit adapted to increment at least one performance counter in response to the evaluated sync header and the evaluated block type field of each line code vector of the Ethernet data stream, EDS.

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