Patent ID: 9178792
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A visual navigation apparatus of a test and measurement instrument, comprising: a display screen; first protocol information displayable on the display screen, the first protocol information including a portion of a waveform associated with a first sub-layer of a physical layer of a protocol; second protocol information displayable on the display screen, the second protocol information including a physical bitstream associated with a second sub-layer of the physical layer of the protocol and including a first protocol level event associated with the physical layer of the protocol; third protocol information displayable on the display screen, the third protocol information including a portion of a physical wordstream associated with a third sub-layer of the physical layer of the protocol and including a second protocol level event associated with a third sub-layer of the physical layer of the protocol; fourth protocol information displayable on the display screen, the fourth protocol information including one or more Ethernet frames associated with an Ethernet layer of the protocol and including a third protocol level event associated with the physical layer of the protocol; and fifth protocol information displayable on the display screen, the fifth protocol information including one or more Internet Protocol (IP) packets associated with an Internet Protocol (IP) layer of the protocol and including a fourth protocol level event associated with the physical layer of the protocol. wherein the display screen is operative to present the first protocol information, the second protocol information, the third protocol information, the fourth protocol information, and the fifth protocol information at the same time, wherein the first protocol information, the second protocol information, the third protocol information, the fourth protocol information, and the fifth protocol information are each distinct, and wherein the first protocol information can encode the second protocol information, the second protocol information can encode the third protocol information, the third protocol information can encode the fourth protocol information, and the fourth protocol information can encode the fifth protocol information.