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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120054563 | System and Method for Enabling Portable Diagnostics in a Configurable Device A system and method for enabling portable diagnostics in a configurable device. Physical layer device technology can be implemented into a configurable device (e.g., handheld device) to perform diagnostics. The configurable device can be enabled for diagnostics through ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20110246840 | TRANSMISSION OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND NEGATIVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A communication device configured for transmission of Acknowledgement and Negative Acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) is described. The communication device includes a processor and instructions stored in memory. The communication device determines one or more thresholds based ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110179320 | METHOD FOR RECEIVING DATA STREAMS AND CORRESPONDING METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION The present invention relates to the domain of reception and transmission of data streams, for example audio and video. More specifically, the invention relates to the optional use of an error correction stream associated with a data stream.... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20100262874 | SELECTABLE JTAG OR TRACE ACCESS WITH DATA STORE AND OUTPUT An addressable interface selectively enables JTAG TAP domain operations or Trace domain operations within an IC. After being enabled, the TAP receives TMS and TDI input from a single data pin. After being enabled, the Trace domain acquires data from a functioning circui... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100220729 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING UPPER LAYER PROTOCOL MESSAGE BOUNDARIES Systems and methods that identify the Upper Layer Protocol (ULP) message boundaries are provided. In one example, a method that identifies ULP message boundaries is provided. The method may include one or more of the following steps: attaching a framing header of a fram... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100192028 | DIAGNOSTICS OF CABLE AND LINK PERFORMANCE FOR A HIGH-SPEED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A method and system for performing diagnostic tests on a real-time system controlled by a state machine. A sequence of states recorded as the state machine operates is used to determine error conditions. The sequence of states is compared to expected sequences of states... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20090313510 | PORT SELECTOR, DEVICE TESTING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING THE SAME A port selector, a device testing system and a method using the same. The port selector includes: a plurality of terminal ports to which a device is respectively coupled; an integration port which is connected to the plurality of terminal ports through a signal transmit... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090265589 | DATA CHANNEL TEST APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF A system includes a plurality of devices that are connected in series and a controller that communicates with the devices. Each of the devices has a plurality of input ports and corresponding output ports. The outputs of one device and the inputs of a next device are in... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090240873 | Multi-Level Striping and Truncation Channel-Equalization for Flash-Memory System Truncation reduces the available striped data capacity of all flash channels to the capacity of the smallest flash channel. A solid-state disk (SSD) has a smart storage switch salvages flash storage removed from the striped data capacity by truncation. Extra storage bey... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090138768 | DATA CHANNEL TEST APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF A system includes a plurality of devices that are connected in series and a controller that communicates with the devices. Each of the devices has a plurality of input ports and corresponding output ports. The outputs of one device and the inputs of a next device are in... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090067337 | TESTING A CIRCUIT USING A SHARED BANDWIDTH TEST BUS According to one embodiment, a method for testing a circuit includes receiving a test access session request, where the test access session request indicates that a test session is to be performed on a circuit path. A reservation message is sent to a test bus, where the... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20080320345 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING WIRELESS DEVICES A system for testing a communication device includes a testing module, a measurement module, and a control module. The testing module transmits one or more first test signals based on a first test sequence. The measurement module acquires test data by receiving one or m... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080250278 | Browser on test equipment A portable telecommunication test set, such as a telephone line butt set, with a web browser incorporated therein. A standard HTML (Hyper Text Mark-up Language) or WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) browser may be incorporated within the portable test set, allowing a n... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080222463 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND PRODUCT FOR TESTING COMMUNICATIONS COMPONENTS An apparatus, method and product for independently testing communications components are disclosed. A testing apparatus is provided that has a test control component which includes an input configured to receive a test script, an upper interface coupling and a lower upp... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080189580 | Automated Testing Device and Method of Data Broadcasting Receivers Based on Test Scenario Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for automatically testing a data broadcast receiver, so that a sub-system can be constructed with an independent module and a distributed processing can be easy to achieve, in which both an interface between sub-systems and an int... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080178052 | PROVIDING HIGH AVAILABILITY IN A PCI-EXPRESSTM LINK IN THE PRESENCE OF LANE FAULTS A method, device, and system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises discovering a failure on a PCI Express interconnect, determining whether a failure override bit has been set to override the standard PCI Express Polling.Compliance state for the failure... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080163011 | Method and Testing Arrangement for Testing a Device Using 8B/10B Encoding and an 8B/10B Encoder and Decoder The invention relates to a method, a testing arrangement, a testing device, an 8B/10B encoder and an 8B/10B decoder, with which the recovery from a 8B/10B encoding error of a device using serial data transmission may be tested. The 8B/10B encoder (302) according ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080059848 | DATA TRANSMISSION SPEED TEST SYSTEM AND METHOD A data transmission speed test system is provided. The system includes a computer. The computer is configured for reading data stored in a database and transmitting the data to a target device. The computer is further configured for testing data transmission speeds at r... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080022165 | Communications System For Implementation Of Synchronous, Multichannel, Galvanically Isolated Instrumentation Devices An apparatus and method for synchronous communications using a serial data stream employs a housing with a controller and a back plane. The housing accepts one or more modules for interconnection with the back plane. The back plane distributes power to the modules and p... | 01/24/2008 |
| 20080016355 | Remote Control Method Enabling a User to Control the Operation of a Receiving Unit The invention relates to a method for an operator to have remote control over the use of reception equipment in a digital data broadcasting network. This method comprises the following steps: a—defining a set of tests that can be remotely activated in said reception e... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20080005629 | On-chip receiver eye finder circuit for high-speed serial link In a high-speed serial link, an eye finder diagnostic circuit has improved performance by being on-chip with the existing capture latch(es) of a receive equalizer. The eye finder circuit employs an additional capture latch with its input tied to the same input node as t... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20070250646 | COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT USING ETHERNET INTERFACE A system and method for controlling and monitoring a wireless communication device. Communication between a communication manager and a wireless communication device is via Ethernet data, and communication between an Ethernet interface controller and a wireless communic... | 10/25/2007 |
| 20070250743 | Test apparatus, adjustment apparatus, adjustment method and adjustment program A test apparatus that test a device under test includes a plurality of signal input/output units each of which has a signal output section and a signal input section that: firstly, adjusts each of the signal input/output units such that the phase difference between a ti... | 10/25/2007 |
| 20070250647 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING ETHERNET INTERFACE A system and method for controlling and monitoring a wireless communication device. Communication between a communication manager and a wireless communication device is via Ethernet data, and communication between an Ethernet interface controller and a wireless communic... | 10/25/2007 |
| 20070234139 | Method and apparatus for verifying the correctness of FTAP data packets received on the FLO waveform Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate verifying correctness of FLO test application protocol (FTAP) data packets. According to various aspects, systems and/or methods are described that enable generating an expected test signature at an FTA client (e.g... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070198878 | Two-way communication method, apparatus, system, and program Two-way communication apparatuses 101 and 103 communicating with each other via a transmission line 102 have an encoding part and a decoding part, and also has at least one of a combination of an interleaver and a de-interleaver and a combination of an err... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070198879 | Method, system, and medium for providing interprocessor data communication A method of transmitting data between processors, including: establishing and storing an encoding method for each area of virtual address space of a first processor in a predetermined storage device; determining an area of virtual address space corresponding to data to ... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070174745 | Error checking using a field of a frame A method for field error checking begins by decoding a predetermined pattern of a field of a frame to produce a decoded pattern. The method continues by determining, for the decoded pattern, a path metric distance of a predetermined state of a plurality of states of the... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070136634 | RECEPTION APPARATUS AND RECEPTION METHOD When a determination section of a reception apparatus determines that a control channel is intended for the reception apparatus, a comparing section of the reception apparatus compares control information transmitted on the control channel with a reception capability of... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070101213 | Modeling error correction capability with estimation of defect parameters A method, system and program product accurately model the error characteristics of a communications system, such as a tape storage system. Input parameters are entered which describe defect rates and sizes, Codeword Data Structure bytes, and any interleaving factor. Bit... | 05/03/2007 |
| 20070028154 | Valid-transmission verifying circuit and a semiconductor device including the same A valid-transmission verifying circuit and a semiconductor device including the same are provided. The valid-transmission verifying circuit provides data to an output circuit in correspondence with reference data, the valid-transmission verifying circuit comprising: a d... | 02/01/2007 |
| 20070022331 | Single-ended ethernet management system and method A single-ended Ethernet management system and method are provided. The system enables a user to provision and monitor an Ethernet interface, as well as to detect and isolate faults, from a single end. The method may be executed on the system to provide Ethernet services... | 01/25/2007 |
| 20070011506 | Semiconductor integrated circuit verifying and inspecting method A method of verifying a semiconductor integrated circuit according to the invention does not compare expected values based on a strobe every cycle but executes a verification on the basis of a signal transition (change) point. At the same time, the verifying method is i... | 01/11/2007 |
| 20060282717 | Memory device A memory device used attach to a host system includes a nonvolatile memory including a plurality of blocks, each of the blocks being a unit for data erasure and including a plurality of pages, each of the pages including a data section which stores first data supplied f... | 12/14/2006 |
| 20060253747 | System and Method for Identifying Nodes in a Wireless Network Systems and methods for providing a boundary scan test of a wired or wireless network having a plurality of network nodes are presented. The system includes a test station communicatively coupled with the network. The test station creates a MAC layer scan test route seq... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060200711 | Network diagnostic systems and methods for processing network messages A networking system is provided. The networking system may include a diagnostic module. The diagnostic module may perform any of a variety of network diagnostic functions. The diagnostic module may include an analysis module, which may receive messages and perform any o... | 09/07/2006 |
| 20060174171 | Method and apparatus for reducing transmission errors caused by periodic transients in digital subscriber line (DSL) communication systems A transient pre-emptor includes a processor configured to detect transients in a communications system. After the processor detects a transient in the communications system, it causes a data communications equipment to suspend or reduce data transmission during the occu... | 08/03/2006 |
| 20060156086 | System and method for integrating multiple data sources into service-centric computer networking services diagnostic conclusions A system for diagnosing impairments in computer networking services a plurality of connector gateways for interfacing to a plurality of data sources to provide access by the system to computer network data, business-related data, and extra-enterprise environmental data ... | 07/13/2006 |
| 20060150038 | Analog base-band test apparatus and method by enhanced combination of JTAG and memory in mobile communication system An analog base-band (ABB) chipset of a mobile communication system comprises a memory configured to store a test pattern, a test control unit configured to generate a control signal during a test mode, an ABB unit configured to perform a test operation by receiving the ... | 07/06/2006 |
| 20060123278 | Method and apparatus for generating diagnoses of network problems A method is disclosed for network knowledge-based diagnosis comprising the machine-implemented steps of creating and storing one or more symptoms, wherein each symptom comprises a set of information elements that represent one or more network events that may be potentia... | 06/08/2006 |