Patent ID: 8761598

Claim:
A method for communication, the method comprising: in a communication device comprising a host circuit and an optical module, the host circuit comprises a first plurality of transmitters and a first plurality of receivers, the optical module comprises a second plurality of transmitters and a second plurality of receivers, and the host circuit and the optical module are communicatively coupled by a management interface connecting the host circuit to the optical module, an electrical transmit path connecting the first plurality of transmitters to the second plurality of receivers, and an electrical receive path connecting the second plurality of transmitters to the first plurality of receivers: determining, in said optical module, a signal quality associated with individual host transmitter filters associated with the first plurality of transmitters in said host circuit; communicating said determined signal quality from said optical module to said host circuit via the management interface; and adjusting, in said host circuit, one or more settings of the individual host transmitter filters based on said determined signal quality.