Patent ID: 9258411
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: H04L,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving or transmitting, by a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) transceiver, a plurality of multicarrier symbols in a first data communication state, wherein the first data communication state is a data transmission state, a Showtime state or steady state transmission; determining a SymbolCount, wherein the SymbolCount is a value that indicates a number of multicarrier symbols received or transmitted over a communication line after entering the first data communication state; one or more of determining, storing, measuring and detecting, prior to exiting the first data communication state, two or more of following diagnostic data: exiting the first data communication state and entering a second data communication state; and transmitting a message, wherein the message contains information indicating at least two of the diagnostic data.