Patent ID: 9350638
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L,H04Q,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A communication network physical layer monitoring system comprising: a media converter device configured to transport communication/Ethernet data traffic and sense network physical layer conditions and/or events; an event collector device in communication with the media converter device to receive transmissions indicating network physical layer conditions and/or events from the media converter device, the event collector being configured to transmit messages indicating the network physical layer conditions and/or events via a Social Media/Networking Service to devices that subscribe to receive messages from the event collector device on the Social Media/Networking Service, wherein the media converter device is a Smart Media Converter device connected in an Ethernet local area network (LAN) made up of Ethernet switches and other media converter devices, and wherein the media converter device generates and transmits layer-2 Ethernet frames distinguished from other Ethernet frames in the Ethernet LAN by a unique reserved field and destination media access control (MAC) address.