| US 7,555,685 B2 | ||
| Method and apparatus for monitoring bit-error rate | ||
| James E. Sylvester, McLean, Va. (US); Alexander Laparidis, Mansfield, Mass. (US); Stanley Y. Lee, Framingham, Mass. (US); and Muzaffer Kanaan, Watertown, Mass. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Verizon Services Corp., Arlington, Va. (US); and Verizon Services Organization Inc., Irving, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 21, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/602,349. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0120524 A1, May 22, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 11/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 714—704 [714/738; 370/252] | 22 Claims |
| 1. A method comprising:
receiving a selection of one of a plurality of different profiles, the profiles representative of numbers of bit errors as
functions of time;
generating a test signal exhibiting the selected profile;
supplying the test signal exhibiting the selected profile to a network under test;
receiving performance information for the supplied test signal from the network under test;
evaluating the received performance information; and
outputting results of the evaluation.
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