Appeal No. 98-3047 Application No. 08/576,539 the subject of a current Alarm Indication Signal (AIS cell).” (Id. at 6.) “There is no periodic evaluation of the failure states 618 or failure information 621 data stored in the tables, to determine whether an OAM signal should be generated.” (Id. at 7.) Miyagi discloses, in the section identified by the examiner, that Cell Monitor 611 (Fig. 4) allows comparison of a received cell with the AIS (Alarm Indication Signal) cell pattern memory 615. If the2 - 4 - - 4 -Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007