Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for predicting bit errors in a communication channel, comprising generating a model representative of the communication channel, formulating enhanced noise at a first noise level that is higher than a second noise level, the second noise level corresponding to a level of noise that the communication channel experiences during a general operation of the communication channel, simulating an operation of the model by injecting the enhanced noise into the model, determining actual bit errors of the model when the model is simulated with the enhanced noise, and estimating a bit error rate (BER) when the model of the communication channel is operated with noise of the second level. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for tuning an analog equalizer and a digital equalizer associated with a communications channel. A plurality of signals is injected into a model of a communication channel, the model being configured to have an analog equalizer at a receiving end, tuning a setting of the analog equalizer to obtain a first ratio of a pulse peak to a rise time in a precursor portion of the injected plurality signals that are received from the channel, injecting another plurality of signals into the model of the communication channel, the model being reconfigured to have the tuned analog equalizer and a digital equalizer downstream of the tuned analog equalizer, and tuning a setting of the digital equalizer based on a post-cursor tail characteristic of the another plurality of signals. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.