	US 12,231,233 B2
	Forward error correction bypass for reduced power
Matthew T. Lawson, Grass Valley, CA (US); Jason A. Marinshaw, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Mohammad Issa, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/176,345.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/370,582, filed on Aug. 5, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/370,564, filed on Aug. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0048268 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 1/00 (2006.01)

CPC H04L 1/0041 (2013.01)

17 Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a forward error correction codeword transmitted over a communication network, the codeword comprising a parity portion and a payload portion;

determining, based on the parity portion, to disable forward error correction for the codeword;

disabling forward error correction for the codeword;

determining, based on the parity portion, to bypass forward error correction for a next codeword;

bypassing parity generation for the next codeword; and

bypassing storage of the next codeword.