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Frame boundary detection and decoding

US8495478B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 16, 2011
Grant dateJul 23, 2013
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Expiry dateJan 20, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M13/51
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and apparatus for detecting frame boundary for a data stream received at an Ethernet FEC layer, as well as a decoding method and system for the same. The apparatus for detecting frame boundary may comprise: a buffer for buffering data in a data stream, a length of the data in the buffer being greater than one frame; a syndrome generator for calculating a current syndrome based on a first data item, a second data item, and an intermediate calculation result of a previous syndrome, wherein the first data item is the last bit in a current candidate frame, and the second data item is a bit preceding the current candidate frame; and a comparator for using the current syndrome to check whether the bit preceding the current candidate frame is a frame boundary of an Ethernet FEC layer. The apparatus for detecting frame boundary can improve the speed of frame boundary detection.

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