Patent ID: 9391718
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: H04B

Claim Text:
1. A method of monitoring a plurality of operating parameters in a first optical transceiver, the method comprising: a) setting up a network in an operating state, said network comprising said first optical transceiver, a host in electrical communication with said first optical transceiver, and at least one second optical transceiver in optical communication with said first optical transceiver, wherein the first and second optical transceivers send and receive optical data to each other over an optical link in the network during said operating state of said network; b) confirming that said network is stable and functional, wherein confirming that said network is stable and functional comprises waiting a predetermined period of time and determining that each of said plurality of operating parameters is stable; c) storing in an electronic memory in said first optical transceiver a value of each of said plurality of operating parameters of said first optical transceiver during operation of said first optical transceiver in said stable and functional network; d) setting said value of each of said plurality of operating parameters of said first optical transceiver during operation of said first optical transceiver in said stable and functional network as a target value for each of said plurality of operating parameters of said first optical transceiver; e) using a microprocessor, microcontroller or logic circuit, determining a plurality of threshold values for each of said plurality of operating parameters based on one or more acceptable variances of said target value; and f) using said microprocessor, microcontroller or logic circuit, monitoring each of said plurality of operating parameters to determine whether monitored values or variances of each of said plurality of operating parameters cross at least one of said threshold values in a predetermined direction.