Patent ID: 7340662

Claim:
A method for testing the operation of a transceiver having a digital processing section and an analog section, each having a transmit portion and a receive portion, the transmit and receive portions of the analog section adaptable to interface with an analog network, the method comprising: configuring the analog section to operate in a test mode; providing a control signal to the digital section; in the test mode that operates apart from a normal operating mode, activating the transmit portion of the digital processing section, responsive to the control signal, to generate test data to be transmitted by the transmit portion of the analog section; operating the receive portion of the analog section and the receive portion of the digital processing section to receive the test data; and examining parametrics of select portions of the receive portion of the digital processing section during the receipt of the test data by the receive portion of the analog section and processing received data by the receive portion of the digital processing section.