Patents by Inventor Rudolph Stener

Rudolph Stener has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Arrangement in a network repeater for monitoring link integrity by monitoring symbol errors across multiple detection intervals
    Patent number: 6690650
    Abstract: A network repeater having a plurality of repeater ports selectively establishes links with remote nodes at one of two data rates based on the capabilities of the remote network node and a determined link integrity. A network repeater establishes a link with a network node using auto-negotiation techniques to establish a 100 Mb/s link. The network repeater than monitors the link for symbol errors, and determines an integrity of the link based on a detected number of symbol errors relative to a prescribed threshold in a dual-counter configuration. If the detected number of symbol errors counted by the first counter reaches a first threshold within a first number of received symbols, the second counter is incremented and the first counter reset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Rudolph Stener