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PMD-to-TC-MAC interface with 2-stage FEC protection

US11799500B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MaxLinear, Inc. · US

Inventors

Gert Schedelbeck · Munich, DE
Rainer Strobel · Munich, DE
Vladimir Oksman · Morganville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 5, 2022
Grant date	Oct 24, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 5, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH03M13/612
WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for a fiber-optic network includes a transceiver. The transceiver includes a fiber-optic interface unit and a host unit. The host unit includes a low-complexity error correction decoder and a high-complexity error correction decoder. One or both from the low-complexity error correction decoder and the high-complexity error correction decoder are selected to decode input data from the fiber-optic interface unit, the input data including codewords.

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