Data Sending/Receiving Method with Forward Error Correction and Related Component and System for Gigabit Ethernet
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1. A method for sending data from a transmitter to a receiver in a transmission network comprising:
- receiving outgoing data that is eight-bits-ten-bits (8b10b) encoded at a line rate from a physical medium attachment (PMA) layer;
8b10b decoding the received outgoing data;
64-bits-to-66-bits (64b66b) encoding the 8b10b decoded outgoing data;
forward error correction (FEC) encoding the 64b66b encoded outgoing data; and
serializing and sending the 64b66b and FEC encoded outgoing data at the line rate to a physical medium dependent (PMD) layer.
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Abstract
A method for sending data from a transmitter to a receiver in a transmission network comprising receiving outgoing data that is eight-bits-ten-bits (8b10b) encoded at a Gigabit Ethernet (GE) line rate from a physical medium attachment (PMA) layer, 8b10b decoding the received outgoing data, 64-bits-to-66-bits (64b66b) encoding the 8b10b decoded outgoing data, forward error correction (FEC) encoding the 64b66b encoded outgoing data, and serializing and sending the 64b66b and FEC encoded outgoing data at the GE line rate to a physical medium dependent (PMD) layer.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for sending data from a transmitter to a receiver in a transmission network comprising:
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receiving outgoing data that is eight-bits-ten-bits (8b10b) encoded at a line rate from a physical medium attachment (PMA) layer; 8b10b decoding the received outgoing data; 64-bits-to-66-bits (64b66b) encoding the 8b10b decoded outgoing data; forward error correction (FEC) encoding the 64b66b encoded outgoing data; and serializing and sending the 64b66b and FEC encoded outgoing data at the line rate to a physical medium dependent (PMD) layer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for sending data from a transmitter to a receiver in a transmission network comprising:
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receiving outgoing data that is eight-bits-ten-bits (8b10b) encoded at a line rate from a physical medium attachment (PMA) layer; 8b10b decoding the received outgoing data; forward error correction (FEC) encoding the 8b10b decoded outgoing data; scrambling the FEC encoded outgoing data; and serializing and sending the FEC and scramble encoded outgoing data at the line rate to a physical medium dependent (PMD) layer. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A network component of a physical coding sub-layer comprising:
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one or more processing blocks configured to; receive outgoing data with a first line coding at a first data rate via a physical medium attachment (PMA) interface; decode the outgoing data at the first line coding; encode the decoded outgoing data with a forward error correction (FEC) coding and a second line coding that has lower redundancy than the first line coding; and transmit the outgoing data with the FEC coding and the second line coding at the same first data rate to a physical medium dependent (PMD) component via the PMA interface. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A point-to-point (P2P) transmission apparatus comprising:
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a host device comprising a plurality of components for Media Access Control (MAC), reconciliation (RS), physical coding sub-layer (PCS), and physical medium attachment (PMA) functions, link establishment, management, and monitoring function, and related services configuration functions; and a forward error correction (FEC)/PCS component comprising one or more processing units configured to; receive outgoing data from the host device with a first line coding at a first data rate via a PMA interface coupled to the host device; decode the outgoing data at the first line coding; encode the decoded outgoing data with a FEC coding and a second line coding that has lower redundancy than the first line coding; transmit the outgoing data with the FEC coding and the second line coding at the same first data rate to a physical medium dependent (PMD) component via the PMA interface; receive incoming data with the first data rate, the second line coding, and the FEC coding from the PMD component via the PMA interface; decode the incoming data at the FEC coding and the second line coding; encode the decoded incoming data with the first line coding that has higher redundancy than the second line encoding; and transmit the incoming data with first line coding at the first data rate to a PMA component via the PMA interface. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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