Patent ID: 6816988
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of performing a bit-error-rate-test comprising the steps of:(d) calculating a posterior cumulative distribution function (pcdf) of a bit-error rate based on a cumulative number of measured incorrect bits; (e) determining whether pcdf is greater than or equal to a desired probability (C) that the bit-error rate is less than a bit-error-rate test limit (L); (f) designating the test to have been passed and stopping the test in response to a determination that pcdf is greater than or equal to C; (g) determining whether 1âˆ’pcdf is greater than or equal to C; (h) designating the test to have been failed and stopping the test in response to a determination that 1âˆ’pcdf is greater than or equal to C; (i) designating the test to have been failed and stopping the test in response to a determination that a test time has exceeded a maximal test time (T); and (j) repeating steps (d)-(i) in response to a determination that pcdf is less than C and that 1âˆ’pcdf is less than C.