Performance indicator for a high-speed communication system
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorsAndrew J. Castellano, Gary S. Huff
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for generating a performance indicator in a high-speed communication system. A plurality of disparate communication status signals with differing formats from a transceiver are combined in a logic module to create a single link quality indicator signal. The link quality indicator signal is used to encode different operational states of the transceiver from fully operational, to marginally operational, to failed. The link quality indicator signal is advantageously employed to drive a LED creating a visual performance indicator.
Claims17
A method of providing link quality indicator signals for a communication system having a transceiver, the method comprising:
- receiving a set of communication status signals from the transceiver;
- generating a first aperiodic link quality indicator signal if the set of communication status signals indicates an operational network channel;
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- generating a second aperiodic link quality indicator signal if the set of communication status signals indicates an inoperative network channel.
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An apparatus for generating a link quality indicator signal for a communication system having a transceiver, the apparatus comprising:
- a quality indicator signal generator including quality indicator logic
- operable to receive a set of communication status signals from the
- transceiver, the quality indicator logic being operable to generate a first aperiodic link quality indicator signal if the set of communication status signals indicates an operational network channel, the quality indicator logic being further operable to generate a second aperiodic link quality indicator signal if the set of communication status signals indicates an inoperative network channel.
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A method of providing a link quality indicator signal for a communication system having a local transceiver, the method comprising:
- generating a first aperiodic link quality indicator signal indicating an inoperative network channel;
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- generating a second aperiodic link quality indicator signal if an auto-negotiation complete status signal, a link status signal and a local receiver status signal indicate an operational network channel.
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