Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to techniques for encoding and decoding bits of information using cyclic redundancy check (CRC) concatenated polar encoding and decoding. A method generally includes obtaining the bits of information to be transmitted. The method includes performing CRC outer encoding of the bits of information using an even-weighted generator polynomial to produce CRC encoded bits. The method includes performing polar inner encoding of the CRC encoded bits to generate a codeword. The method includes discarding a first code bit at a beginning of the codeword. The shortened codeword is transmitted over a wireless medium. In another method, bit-level scrambling is performed on the CRC encoded bits before the polar encoding to. In another method, only odd-weighted generator polynomials are selected.

Abstract: One coding method of a plurality of coding methods including at least a first coding method and a second coding method is selected, an information sequence is encoded by using the selected coding method, and an encoded sequence obtained by performing predetermined processing on the information sequence is modulated and transmitted. The first coding method is a coding method having a first coding rate, for generating a first encoded sequence by performing puncturing processing on a generated first codeword by using a first parity check matrix. The second coding method is a coding method having a second coding rate, for generating a second encoded sequence by performing puncturing processing on a generated second codeword by using a second parity check matrix that is different from the first parity check matrix, the second coding rate after the puncturing process being different from the first coding rate.

Abstract: An IC is provided and includes a memory array, an address register holding at least one address of a securely stored file and configured to output three or more addresses of the securely stored filed and computation-in-memory (CIM) logic coupled with the memory array. The CIM logic is configured to perform a majority function on three or more bits of the securely stored file, wherein the three or more bits are redundantly stored in three or more different locations in the memory array and wherein the three locations are associated with the three or more addresses in the memory array.

Abstract: Provided is a device and method for encoding and decoding to implement maximum transition avoidance coding with minimum overhead. An exemplary device performs encoding and/or decoding, by using sub-block lookup tables representing correlations between some bit values in a data burst and symbols, a combining lookup table selectively interconnecting the sub-block lookup tables based on remaining bit values of the data burst, and a codeword decoding lookup table designating the sub-block lookup tables corresponding to the symbols of each of received codewords.

Abstract: A memory controller coupled to a memory device and configured to control access operations of the memory device includes a host interface and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is coupled to the host interface and configured to set a value of a predetermined parameter to a specific value after the memory controller powers up and start to perform a link flow to try to establish a transmission link via the host interface. The predetermined parameter is one of a plurality of capability parameters of the host interface and the predetermined parameter is related to reception of the host interface. After the link flow is completed, the microprocessor is further configured to identify an object device with which the host interface establishes the transmission link according to the specific value and at least one of a plurality of attribute parameters associated with the transmission link.

Abstract: A method of transmitting data determines a measure of consecutive packet loss in a network; a ratio of a number of data packets and a number of error correction packets is selected in dependence on the measure. A stream of data packets is generated, and a stream of error correction packets is generated in dependence on the stream of data packets such that the proportion of error correction packets generated to the data packets generated is commensurate with the selected ratio.

Abstract: Systems and devices can include a physical layer (PHY) that includes a logical PHY to support multiple interconnect protocols. The logical PHY can include a first set of cyclic redundancy check (CRC) encoders corresponding to a first interconnect protocol, and a second set of CRC encoders corresponding to a second interconnect protocol. A multiplexer can direct data to the first set or the second set of CRC encoders based on a selected interconnect protocol. The logical PHY can include a first set of error correcting code (ECC) encoders corresponding to the first interconnect protocol and a second set of ECC encoders corresponding to the second interconnect protocol. The multiplexer can direct data to the first set or the second set of ECC encoders based on the selected interconnect protocol. In embodiments, different CRC/ECC combinations can be used based on the interconnect protocol and the link operational conditions.

Abstract: A data processing method and a related apparatus are disclosed, to improve data recovery effects in various packet loss scenarios. The method includes: determining a packet loss scenario type corresponding to a first data packet when detecting that the first data packet is lost in a data packet transmission process (201); generating a second data packet based on a data packet adjacent to the first data packet if the packet loss scenario type corresponding to the first data packet meets a data packet compensation condition (202); and finally adding the second data packet to a corresponding target location at which the first data packet is located before the first data packet is lost, that is, using the second data packet to compensate for the lost first data packet (203).

Abstract: A blockchain consortium network can be implemented in which nodes of one or more blockchains generate data for pipeline-based processing by a consortium pipeline system. The generated data can include private blockchain data, public blockchain data, and machine data, such as logs or operational metrics from the nodes. The data is collected from different network levels and can be transformed via pipeline processes of the consortium pipeline system to securely share data in the blockchain consortium network.

Abstract: Automatic memory overclocking, including: increasing a memory frequency setting for a memory module until a memory stability test fails; determining an overclocked memory frequency setting including a highest memory frequency setting passing the memory stability test; and generating a profile including the overclocked memory frequency setting.

Abstract: There is provided a communication device comprising: a communication control section configured to calculate a distance measurement value based on time stamp information received from another communication device during distance measurement that is based on wireless communication that is performed between the communication device and the another communication device different from the communication device, and conforms to specified communication standards, wherein, when the time stamp information is an eigenvalue specified in advance, the communication control section does not calculate the distance measurement value.

Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes a signal processing circuit configured to obtain information data bits to be transmitted; add known information data bits to the information data bits to generate first data blocks; perform error-correction coding on the first data blocks to generate first coded data blocks including parity data blocks such that the first coded data blocks satisfy a first code rate; remove the known information data bits from the first coded data blocks to generate second coded data blocks, the second coded data blocks satisfying a second code rate different from the first code rate; and modulate the second coded data blocks using a modulation scheme to generate a modulated signal, which is then transmitted. A number of the known information data bits depends on a number of the information data bits such that the first code rate is fixed regardless of the number of the information data bits.

Abstract: A protocol layer on top of the Bluetooth low energy (BLE) system of paired devices to provide transmission that allows arbitrary sizes of data to be sent. To guarantee transmissions, the transmissions may be validated and, if required, resent to replace data that was lost or corrupted. The protocol layer also supports Remote Procedure Calls to allow functions on either of two connected devices to be executed on one device on behalf of the other. A further protocol layer also allows high priority, short messages to temporarily interrupt the transmission of low priority, long messages.

Abstract: A method for error handling of an interconnection protocol, a controller and a storage device are provided. The method for error handling of an interconnection protocol is for use in a first device that is linkable to a second device according to the interconnection protocol, the method comprising: during or after a power mode change of a link between the first device and the second device: a) triggering, by the first device, a first line reset signal to the second device; b) performing, by the first device, suppression of detected rate overlap errors; and c) stopping the suppression of detected rate overlap errors after the first device receives a second line reset signal from the second device.

Abstract: System and methods are disclosed including a plurality of memory devices and a processing device, operatively coupled with the plurality of memory devices, to perform operations comprising: receiving, from a host system, encrypted write data appended with error-checking data; determining whether the encrypted write data contains an error based on the error-checking data; and responsive to determining that the encrypted write data contains an error, notifying the host system that the encrypted write data contains an error.

Abstract: A communication device that applies an error in an upper layer in addition to error correction in a physical layer is provided. The communication device includes an acquisition unit that acquires control information regarding forward error correction (FEC) of an upper layer and control information regarding FEC of a lower layer, an encoding-decoding unit that performs error correction encoding or decoding of an information sequence in the upper layer according to control information regarding the FEC of the upper layer, and a puncturing processing unit that performs puncturing or depuncturing in the upper layer. The information sequence after FEC encoding of the upper layer is divided into blocks, and puncturing and interleaving are performed in units of blocks.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may receive an encoded communication, the encoded communication being encoded with a hierarchical coding scheme comprising: first layer code blocks including pairs of information bits and sets of first parity bits, and second layer code blocks including sets of second parity bits, with each set of the second parity bits associated with a subset of the first layer code blocks. The wireless communication device may decode the encoded communication based at least in part on one or more of the sets of the second parity bits that are associated with one or more of the first layer code blocks determined to have failed decoding based at least in part on one or more associated sets of the first parity bits. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: A channel encoding method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining A to-be-encoded information bits; mapping the A to-be-encoded information bits and L CRC bits to a first bit sequence based on an interleaving sequence, where the L CRC bits are obtained based on the A to-be-encoded information bits and a CRC polynomial, the interleaving sequence is obtained from a prestored interleaving sequence table or is obtained based on a maximum-length interleaving sequence, A+L is less than or equal to Kmax, and Kmax is a length of the maximum-length interleaving sequence; and encoding the first bit sequence. In this way, not only an encoding delay can be reduced, but also decoding has an early stop capability, so that decoding can end in advance, thereby reducing a decoding delay.

Abstract: A method and a system for correcting cyclic redundancy check (CRC) for a frame with last bytes changed are provided. The method includes acquiring a data frame, calculating a CRC of a modified data frame, and determining a corrected CRC for the data frame based on at least the CRC of the modified data frame and a CRC correction field calculated on the bytes to be replaced at the end of the frame. An altered data frame includes the data frame with a number of last bytes of the data frame replaced with new bytes.

Abstract: Several embodiments of systems incorporating memory sub-systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a memory sub-system can include a memory component and a processing device configured to perform a background scan on a memory region of the memory component. In some embodiments, the background scan includes generating a bit error count (BEC) of a codeword saved on the memory region and saving statistical information corresponding to the BEC of the codeword to a histogram statistics log. In some embodiments, when the BEC of the codeword is greater than a BEC threshold, a refresh operation is scheduled for the memory region and/or logged. In these and other embodiments, when one or more error recovery error correction code (ECC) operations do not correct bit errors in the codeword, a refresh and/or retirement operation is schedule for the memory region and/or is logged.