Power minimization algorithm for high-speed access over copper: Multichannel approach

We present an algorithm to reduce the power consumption of single-carrier data transmission over twisted-pair copper cables for future IEEE networking physical connectivity standard, 40GBASE-T. High-complexity coding schemes employed for multi-gigabits transmission systems for higher reliability, e.g., system margin, is one of the major sources of power dissipation. The proposed method reduces the total power consumption by properly partitioning the channel into few sub-channels and using lower complexity coding schemes for the sub-channel with less insertion loss while the margin requirement is met over the entire channel.