SMALL FORM FACTOR PLUGGABLE UNIT WITH SIGNAL MONITORING CAPABILITIES

摘要

The present disclosure relates to small form factor pluggable units (SFP) having a monitoring probe. The monitoring probe is capable of monitoring a signal received by the SFP unit, in order to analyze the received signal and to generate a status signal. The monitoring probe may monitor a received signal directly or a copy thereof. The monitoring probe may be non-intrusive of the received signal, or intrusive. The monitoring probe may further generate a diagnostic of the received signal.