Usage Model
When FEC is enabled in 50G mode, bit 0 of each TXDATA bus must be the first bit to be
transmitted in time, and bit 159 must be the last bit to be transmitted in time. The
TXDATASTART signal must be driven High whenever the TXDATA for the associated channel
contains the first 160 bits of a codeword. Input codewords must always be aligned so that bit 0
of a codeword is on bit 0 of the TXDATA bus.
When FEC is enabled in 100G mode, bit 0 of CH0_TXDATA must be the first bit to be
transmitted in time, and bit 159 of CH1_TXDATA must be the last bit to be transmitted in time.
The CH0_TXDATASTART signal must be driven High whenever the TXDATA buses contain the
first 320 bits of a codeword. Input codewords must always be aligned so that bit 0 of a codeword
is on bit 0 of CH0_TXDATA. CH1_TXDATASTART is ignored in 100G mode.
In all modes, codewords are 5440 bits in length. The final 300 bits of data is reserved for the
insertion of FEC parity. At the input to the FEC, bits 5140 to 5439 of the input data must be set
to 0.
50G Ethernet
Up to two channels of 50G Ethernet with KP4 FEC can be implemented as per IEEE Draft
Standard for Ethernet Amendment: Media Access Control Parameters for 50 Gb/s and Physical Layers
and Management Parameters for 50 Gb/s, 100 Gb/s, and 200 Gb/s Operation (IEEE Std 802.3cd
Clause 134). Transcoding should be enabled in the GTM Wizard IP for this mode. The nominal
pre-FEC PCS data rate is 51.5625 Gb/s, and the nominal post-FEC line rate is 53.125 Gb/s.
100G Ethernet
One channel of 100G Ethernet with KP4 FEC can be implemented as per IEEE Std 802.3-2015
Clause 91. Transcoding should be enabled in the GTM Wizard IP for this mode. The nominal
aggregate pre-FEC PCS data rate is 103.125 Gb/s and the nominal aggregate post-FEC line rate
is 106.25 Gb/s.
100G OTN FlexO
One channel of 100G OTN FlexO with a KP4 FEC can be implemented as per ITU-T G.709.1,
Flexible OTN Short-Reach Interface. Transcoding should be disabled in the GTM Wizard IP for this
mode. The nominal aggregate post-FEC line rate is 111.81 Gb/s.
100G Interlaken
One channel of 100G Interlaken with KP4 FEC can be implemented as per the Interlaken Reed-
Solomon Forward Error Correction Extension Protocol Definition. Transcoding should be disabled in
the GTM Wizard IP for this mode. Line rates up to 58 Gb/s are possible.
Chapter 3: Transmitter
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