Method and system for optimizing UTOPIA CLAV polling arbitration

A system for optimizing cell available (CLAV) status polling of a plurality of physical interface addresses, the system comprising:

• a polling module for polling a plurality of PHY addresses to determine CLAV status;
• a status module for receiving the CLAV status for each one of the plurality of PHY addresses;
• a determining module for determining whether the CLAV status could change for each PHY address;
• and
• a re-polling module for re-polling each PHY address with a CLAV status that could change.

A computer readable medium, the computer readable medium comprising

• a set of instructions for optimizing cell available (CLAV) status polling of a plurality of physical interface addresses and being adapted to manipulate a processor to:
• poll a plurality of PHY addresses to determine CLAV status;
• and
• receive the CLAV status for each one of the plurality of PHY addresses;
• determining whether the CLAV status could change for each PHY address;
• and
• poll each PHY address with a CLAV status that could change.