Patent ID: 9172469
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A transceiver module configured to interface with a host system, the transceiver module comprising: a programmable controller; an optical transmitter assembly coupled to the programmable controller and configured to transmit payload data over a network; an optical receiver assembly coupled to the programmable controller and configured to receive payload data over the network; a face that is at least partially external to the host system when the transceiver module is engaged in the host system; a payload data port assembly that is accessible through the face and includes at least two optical connectors that are configured to couple the optical transmitter assembly and the optical receiver assembly with the network via optical fibers; and a diagnostic port assembly that includes one or more backdoor ports accessed through the face, wherein the diagnostic port assembly is separate from the payload data port assembly and is configured to transfer diagnostic data to an external user device via the one or more backdoor ports and to receive at least one of transceiver operating code, transceiver operational parameters, and transceiver setup values from the external user device via the one or more backdoor ports under the control of the programmable controller without suspending transmission of data via the optical transmitter assembly or receipt of data via the optical receiver assembly, wherein a diagnostic link between the diagnostic port assembly and the external user device is independent of the network.