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Networking protocol sublayer
The physical coding sublayer (PCS) is a networking protocol sublayer in the Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, and 10 Gigabit Ethernet standards. It resides at the top of the physical layer (PHY), and provides an interface between the physical medium attachment (PMA) sublayer and the media-independent interface (MII). It is responsible for data encoding and decoding, scrambling and descrambling, alignment marker insertion and removal, block and symbol redistribution, and lane block synchronization and deskew. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Physical coding sublayerA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Computer NetworksThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A Physical Coding Sublayer for 100GbE [Applications & Practice]Cited 8 times
- Go sideways: Ethernet physical layerA closely related topic
- Go sideways: 10 Gigabit EthernetA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A Physical Coding Sublayer for 100GbE [Applications & Practice]
A 0.18 μm CMOS transmit physical coding sublayer IC for 100G Ethernet
High speed and reliability gearbox for 100GE physical coding sublayer
Reed–Solomon Hard-Decision and Algebraic Soft-Decision Decoders Compliant With the Physical Coding Sublayer Specification of the IEEE 802.3bp Automotive Ethernet Standard
📚 Books worth reading
Computer NetworksAndrew S. Tanenbaum, John David Wetherall · 1981
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