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Nikhil Kumar K
09871D5517
Abstract:
This paper explores the benefit of channel coding for high-speed backplane or
chip-to-chip interconnects, commonly referred to as the high-speed links. High-speed
links are ubiquitous in modern computing and routing. The most standard method in
improvising a system’s efficiency in Digital communication is channel coding but this
method is not been able to extend its features for high speed links. The increasing
demands in network and processing speeds have placed large burden on high-speed links,
as it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep up with the increasing data rates while
maintaining the same reliability and adequately low power consumption.
The low error rates of interest and the presence of residual inter-symbol
interference (ISI) caused by hardware constraints impede the analysis and simulation of
coded high-speed links. Focusing on the residual ISI and combined noise as the dominant
error mechanisms, this paper analyzes error correlation through concepts of error region,
channel signature, and correlation distance. This framework provides a deeper insight
into joint error behaviors in high-speed links, extends the range of statistical simulation
for coded high-speed links, and provides a case against the use of biased Monte Carlo
methods in this setting. In particular, this paper develops a new family of low-complexity
codes, termed the pattern-eliminating codes, suitable in high-ISI regimes and provides a
frame work for simulation of standard error-control codes over channels with non-
negligible ISI.
Existing Systems:
Disadvantages:
Most of these methods need more than one training block
to achieve a good performance.
Modeling the high-speed link as a system with additive white noise and ISI,
makes it possible to describe the error correlation in terms of two fundamental quantities:
the systems error region and the channel’s sign signature. The error region corresponds to
the set of values in the ISI distribution that are responsible for the majority of errors.
While the error region is determined by the combined noise and the magnitude of the
coefficients forming the channel’s pulse response, the channel signature is specified by
the signs of those coefficients. The approach exploits the physical properties
of high-speed links, particularly the nature of the ISI, which limits the
range of the error correlation. It relies on accurately capturing the
short-term error correlation within non overlapping blocks of symbols
and assumes independence in the error behavior across distinct
blocks, rather than individual symbols. The computational mechanics
are those of integer partitions and the approach is computationally
efficient for high-speed link channels The proposed analysis and
simulation frameworks also present a realistic case cautioning against
the use of biased Monte Carlo methods in the performance estimation
of coded high-speed links.
Advantages:
Tools required: