Patent ID: 7012897
Filing Date: 2006-03-14
Classification: H04B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system comprising first and second wireless optical system transceivers to exchange customer traffic via a primary channel comprising a wireless optical system link; first and second network devices coupled to the first and second wireless optical system transceivers, respectively, to selectively route the customer traffic via the primary channel or via an alternate channel; and first and second link quality agents, coupled to the first and second wireless optical system transceivers, respectively, and coupled to the first and second network devices, respectively, to monitor an optical signal quality of the wireless optical system link and to control the first and second network devices to route the customer traffic to the alternate channel and to route test traffic to the wireless optical system link when the optical signal quality of the wireless optical system link is determined by at least one of the first and second link quality agents to have entered a marginal state, wherein the first and second link quality agents monitor one of an analog or a digital quality of the wireless optical system link.