Patent ID: 8879926

Claim:
A method for receiving optical data, comprising: an optical receiver receiving optical data from first optical transmitter wherein the receiver includes circuitry operable for receiving the optical data, wherein the receiver includes certain components that operate according to a clock and wherein the components can be disabled; the optical receiver receiving one or more clocks from second optical transmitter wherein the one or more clocks are used to operate the components and wherein one or more of the components are disabled if the a clock of the one more clocks used to operate these components is not received from the second optical transmitter; the optical receiver receiving configuration information wherein the configuration information is used to disable a selection of components of the optical receiver that operate according to a clock of the one or more clocks: the optical receiver receiving optical data according to the configuration information, wherein the selection of components of the optical receiver are disabled and wherein the optical receiver operating without the selected disabled components allows the optical receiver to receive the optical data with greater sensitivity.