IP Library Granted Patent US 9,337,959
Granted Patent B2
US 9,337,959 · App. 14/053,032 · Granted May 10, 2016

Defect propagation of multiple signals of various rates when mapped into a combined signal

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Patent No.
US 9,337,959
App. No.
14/053,032
Granted
May 10, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for detecting defect propagation in a networked environment comprising a defect detection component to detect defects in an aggregate signal and/or in individual signals; and a replacement signal component to generate a maintenance signal to replace defective signals detected by the defect detection component. The maintenance signal can be a uniform signal type regardless of a type associated with a defective signal. The maintenance signal can replace a defective signal during aggregation, by an aggregation component. In another aspect, the maintenance signal can replace the defective signal during de-aggregation

Claims (49)

1. A system, comprising:

a memory storing computer executable components; and

a processor configured to execute the following computer executable components stored in the memory:

a defect detection component configured for detecting a defect associated with a first signal;

a replacement signal component configured for:

determining a frequency associated with the first signal;

generating a maintenance signal based on the frequency associated with the first signal in response to the defect detection component detecting the defect in the first signal; and

replacing the first signal with the maintenance signal; and

an aggregation component configured for aggregating the maintenance signal and a second signal into an aggregate signal for transmission at another frequency that is different than the frequency associated with the first signal.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first signal is comprised in a plurality of signals associated with a plurality of client signals.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the replacement signal component is further configured for replacing the first signal without altering disparate signals of the plurality of signals.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the aggregation component is further configured for formatting the aggregate signal in a signal format that is different than another signal format associated with the first signal.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the aggregation component is further configured for reformatting the second signal and the maintenance signal such that a data rate of the aggregate signal is disparate from a data rate of the second signal.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the replacement signal component is further configured for generating the maintenance signal with a pseudo-random sequence.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the replacement signal component is further configured for generating a pseudo random noise 11 (PN- 11 ) signal as the maintenance signal.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the replacement signal component is further configured for generating the PN- 11 signal within a frequency range based on a frequency range of the first signal.

9. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a de-aggregation component configured for de-aggregating the first signals from the aggregate signal.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the defect detection component is further configured for detecting the defect during the de-aggregation, and wherein the replacement signal component is configured for replacing the first signal with the maintenance signal during the de-aggregation.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein replacement signal component is further configured for generating the maintenance signal based on a client device associated with the first signal.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the defect detection component is further configured for, in response to determining the first signal is a tributary signal, replacing a second signal tributary associated with the first signal, with the maintenance signal.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the defect detection component is configured for detecting a clock abnormality associated with the first signal.

14. A method for propagating signal defects, comprising:

detecting, by a system comprising at least one processor, a defect in a first signal;

determining, by the system, a frequency associated with the first signal;

generating, by the system, a maintenance signal based on the frequency associated with the first signal in response to detecting the defect;

replacing, by the system, the first signal with the maintenance signal; and

generating an aggregate signal for transmission at another frequency that is different than the frequency associated with the first signal by aggregating the maintenance signal and a second signal.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising generating the maintenance signal based on a pseudo-random sequence.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein replacing the first signal with the maintenance signal further comprises generating a pseudo noise 11 (PN-11) type signal.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein replacing the signal further comprises:

mapping the maintenance signal and a set of the plurality of client signals into container signals based at least in part on an interleaving distribution pattern.

18. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

de-aggregating, by the system, a plurality of signals, wherein the plurality of signals are comprised in the aggregate signal.

19. The method of claim 14 , wherein the generating further comprises generating the maintenance signal as a function of a client signal associated with the maintenance signal.

20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instruction that, in response to execution, cause a system including at least one processor to perform operations, comprising:

receiving signals associated with client signals;

detecting a defective signal of the received signals;

determining a data rate associated with the defective signal;

generating a pseudo random noise signal based on the data rate associated with the defective signal;

replacing the defective signal with the generated pseudo random noise signal; and

aggregating a first set of the signals and the generated pseudo random noise signal into an aggregate signal, such that the aggregate signal comprises a uniform data rate that is disparate from the data rate associated with the defective signal.

21. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 20 , the operations further comprising:

de-aggregating the aggregate signal into a second set of signals associated with the client signals.

22. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 21 , the operations further comprising:

replacing, in response to the de-aggregating, a signal of the second set of signals with a client specific maintenance signal that is generated according to a client type associated with the signal.

23. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 20 , the operations further comprising:

detecting the defective signal comprised in the aggregate signal.

24. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 23 , the operations further comprising:

mapping the generated pseudo random noise signal into the aggregate signal.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2017
From: MACOM CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS, LLC (SUCCESSOR TO APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION)
To: GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 042444/0891 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 6, 2017
From: APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION; MACOM CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS, LLC; MACOM CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS, LLC
To: MACOM CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 042176/0185 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 14, 2013
From: CAGGIONI, FRANCESCO; GIANNAKOPOULOS, DIMITRIOS
To: APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031399/0554 →