berstatus

Berstatus is a term used in digital communications to describe the present state of the bit error rate (BER) on a communication link. It is a portmanteau derived from BER and status, and is used primarily in monitoring, testing, and equipment interfaces to summarize link quality.

It typically represents a qualitative or quantitative assessment of BER over a measurement window, often with color codes or thresholds. A berstatus of green commonly signals BER within acceptable limits, yellow indicates marginal performance, and red denotes unacceptable BER.

BER is defined as the number of bit errors divided by the total number of transmitted bits. In practice, berstatus is derived from BER and may incorporate additional factors such as error correction activity, guard intervals, and throughput requirements.

Used in network operation centers, test benches, and embedded monitoring, berstatus helps operators decide when to adjust power, timing, or modulation; it is not a formal standard, and definitions vary by vendor and context.

Related concepts include bit error rate, link margin, Quality of Service, and telemetry.