Physical layer device and method for performing physical layer operations in a communications network
AssigneeNXP B.V.
InventorSujan Pandey
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Abstract
Embodiments of a method and a device are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for performing physical layer operations at a network node in a communications network is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method involves identifying a fault status at the network node, embedding an indication of the fault status into a bit stream at the physical layer of the network node, and transmitting the bit stream from the network node. In an embodiment, embedding an indication of the fault status into a bit stream at the physical layer includes embedding an operations, administration, and management (OAM) word into the bit stream to communicate the indication of the fault status.
Claims19
A method for performing physical layer operations at a network node in a communications network, the method comprising:
- identifying a fault status at the network node;
- embedding an indication of the fault status into a bit stream at the physical layer of the network node;
- and
- transmitting the bit stream from the network node.
A physical layer (PHY) device for a communications network, the PHY device comprising:
- a transmitter configured to transmit a bit stream from the PHY device;
- a receiver configured to receive a bit stream at the PHY device;
- and
- fault status logic configured to;
- identifying a fault status at a first network node;
- and
- provide an indication of the identified fault status to the transmitter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.