| CPC G06F 11/076 (2013.01) [G06F 11/0745 (2013.01); G06F 11/0757 (2013.01); G06F 11/0772 (2013.01); G06F 11/1679 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A receiver device comprising:
detection logic to detect frame errors in data frames received by a transmitter device;
error counter logic coupled to the detection logic, wherein the error counter logic is to:
increment a first value of an error count responsive to each error signal, indicative of a frame error in a data frame, received from the detection logic;
reduce the first value to a second value for the error count responsive to receiving a decrement signal and a period marker signal corresponding to a programmable period, wherein the second value is a non-zero value; and
reset the first value or the second value of the error count to zero responsive to receiving a reset signal; and
threshold logic coupled to the error counter logic, the threshold logic to compare a current value of the error count with a threshold number of frame errors and output an interrupt responsive to the current value satisfying the threshold number of frame errors.
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