Patent ID: 7920788

Claim:
In an optoelectronic device, a method for providing to a host system information relating to operation of the optoelectronic device, the method comprising: at a first time, sensing a first set of data relating to an optical data transmitting or receiving operation of an optoelectronic device in a fiber optic network; storing the first set of data sensed at the first time; calculating an estimated amount of time remaining before the optoelectronic device will reach an end of life state based on the stored first set of data; at a second time sensing a second set of data relating to an optical data transmitting or receiving operation of the optoelectronic device in the fiber optic network; storing the second set of data sensed at the second time; recalculating the estimated amount of time remaining before the optoelectronic device will reach an end of life state based on the stored second set of data.