A system for a fiber-optic network includes a transceiver. The transceiver includes a fiber-optic interface unit and a host unit. The host unit includes a low-complexity error correction decoder and a high-complexity error correction decoder. One or both from the low-complexity error correction decoder and the high-complexity error correction decoder are selected to decode input data from the fiber-optic interface unit, the input data including codewords.

A memory device includes a memory array, a processor, and a decoding apparatus. The processor is coupled to the memory array and configured to read encoded data from the memory array. The encoded data includes a plurality of data blocks and each data block is included in two or more data codewords. Further, data codewords belonging to a same pair of data codewords share a common data block. The decoding apparatus is configured to iteratively decode data codewords using hard decoding and soft decoding, and to correct stuck errors by identifying failed data blocks based on shared blocks between failed data codewords.

A system for a fiber-optic network includes a transceiver. The transceiver includes a fiber-optic interface unit and a host unit. The host unit includes a low-complexity error correction decoder and a high-complexity error correction decoder. One or both from the low-complexity error correction decoder and the high-complexity error correction decoder are selected to decode input data from the fiber-optic interface unit, the input data including codewords.

The present disclosure relates to a low-complexity syndrome based decoding apparatus and method and a low-complexity syndrome based decoding apparatus includes: a hard decision unit which performs hard decision on a current input value to output a hard decision vector; a syndrome calculator which performs a syndrome operation on the hard decision vector and determines an error type of the hard decision vector based on the syndrome operation result; and a decoder which selects a predetermined decoding algorithm in accordance with the error type to perform the decoding, and the error type includes at least one of no error, a single error, and a double error.

A method and apparatus for channel encoding and channel decoding in a wireless communication system are provided. The channel encoding method includes generating a first parity set and a second parity set based on information bits, determining a number of additional parity bits based on a number of the information bits and a required coding rate, generating the determined number of additional parity bits using the information bits, and generating a codeword including the information bits, the first parity set, the second parity set, and the generated additional parity bits.

The present disclosure relates to a low-complexity syndrome based decoding apparatus and method and a low-complexity syndrome based decoding apparatus includes: a hard decision unit which performs hard decision on a current input value to output a hard decision vector; a syndrome calculator which performs a syndrome operation on the hard decision vector and determines an error type of the hard decision vector based on the syndrome operation result; and a decoder which selects a predetermined decoding algorithm in accordance with the error type to perform the decoding, and the error type includes at least one of no error, a single error, and a double error.

A memory device includes a memory array, a processor, and a decoding apparatus. The processor is coupled to the memory array and configured to read encoded data from the memory array. The encoded data includes a plurality of data blocks and each data block is included in two or more data codewords. Further, data codewords belonging to a same pair of data codewords share a common data block. The decoding apparatus is configured to iteratively decode data codewords using hard decoding and soft decoding, and to correct stuck errors by identifying failed data blocks based on shared blocks between failed data codewords.

There is provided an encoding circuit used for coherent digital signal processing, including: a serial-parallel circuit that divides input data into a plurality of pieces of divided data by serial-parallel conversion; a plurality of encoders that adds an error correction code to the divided data and encodes the divided data; and a bit conversion circuit that converts a bit sequence in order to make an amount of noise generated by a communication channel non-uniform among the plurality of pieces of divided data encoded by each of the plurality of encoders.

A system for a fiber-optic network includes a transceiver. The transceiver includes a fiber-optic interface unit and a host unit. The host unit includes a low-complexity error correction decoder and a high-complexity error correction decoder. One or both from the low-complexity error correction decoder and the high-complexity error correction decoder are selected to decode input data from the fiber-optic interface unit, the input data including codewords.

A system for a fiber-optic network includes a transceiver. The transceiver includes a fiber-optic interface unit and a host unit. The host unit includes a low-complexity error correction decoder and a high-complexity error correction decoder. One or both from the low-complexity error correction decoder and the high-complexity error correction decoder are selected to decode input data from the fiber-optic interface unit, the input data including codewords.