Title :
Soft-decision forward error correction in a 40-nm ASIC for 100-Gbps OTN applications
Author :
Dave, Sameep ; Esker, Lawrence ; Mo, Fan ; Thesling, William ; Keszenheimer, James ; Fuerst, Russell
Author_Institution :
ViaSat, Inc., Cuyahoga Heights, OH, USA
Abstract :
Soft-decision forward error correction provides high coding gain, but typically with high complexity. We present a soft-decision turbo product code with >;11 dB NECG and reasonable complexity in a 40-nm ASIC for 100-Gbps applications.
Keywords :
application specific integrated circuits; forward error correction; turbo codes; ASIC; OTN; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; size 40 nm; soft decision forward error correction; turbo product code; Bit error rate; Complexity theory; Decoding; Encoding; Forward error correction; Gain; Iterative decoding;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
