Techniques to perform forward error correction for an electrical backplane
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a physical layer unit having a forward error correction sublayer to perform forward error correction using a single bit to represent a two bit synchronization header, said physical layer unit having a forward error correction encoder to encode a physical coding sublayer block of information by compressing said two bit synchronization header with said single bit, and use one bit of the two bit synchronization header to send error detection or correction information; and
a physical medium to couple to said physical layer unit, said physical medium to communicate said single bit and said error detection or correction information.
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Abstract
Techniques to perform forward error correction for an electrical backplane are described. An apparatus comprises a physical layer unit having a forward error correction sublayer to perform forward error correction using a single bit to represent a two bit synchronization header.
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a physical layer unit having a forward error correction sublayer to perform forward error correction using a single bit to represent a two bit synchronization header, said physical layer unit having a forward error correction encoder to encode a physical coding sublayer block of information by compressing said two bit synchronization header with said single bit, and use one bit of the two bit synchronization header to send error detection or correction information; and a physical medium to couple to said physical layer unit, said physical medium to communicate said single bit and said error detection or correction information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system, comprising:
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a communications medium; a connector to couple to said communications medium; and a network interface to couple to said connector, said network interface having a physical layer unit with a forward error correction sublayer to perform forward error correction using a single bit to represent a two bit synchronization header, said physical layer unit having a forward error correction encoder to encode a physical coding sublayer block of information by compressing said two bit synchronization header with said single bit, and use one bit of the two bit synchronization header to send error detection or correction information. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A method, comprising:
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performing forward error correction using a single bit to represent a two bit synchronization header, said performing comprising; encoding a physical coding sublayer block of information by replacing said two bit synchronization header with said single bit; using one bit of the two bit synchronization header to send error detection or correction information; and communicating said single bit and said error detection or correction information over a physical medium. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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- 13. An article comprising a machine-readable storage medium containing instructions that if executed enable a system to perform forward error correction using a single bit to represent a two bit synchronization header by encoding a physical coding sublayer block of information by replacing said two bit synchronization header with said single bit and using one bit of the two bit synchronization header to send error detection or correction information, and communicating said single bit and said error detection or correction information over a physical medium.
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