The Aurora Protocol is a link layer

communications protocol A communication protocol is a system of rules that allows two or more entities of a communications system to transmit information via any kind of variation of a physical quantity. The protocol defines the rules, syntax, semantics and synchr ...

for use on point-to-point serial links. Developed by

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, it is intended for use in high-speed (

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s/second and more) connections internally in a computer or in an

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. It uses either

8b/10b encoding In telecommunications, 8b/10b is a line code that maps 8-bit words to 10-bit symbols to achieve DC balance and bounded disparity, and at the same time provide enough state changes to allow reasonable clock recovery. This means that the diff ...

or 64b/66b encoding. Th
Aurora 8B/10B protocol specification
states: "The Aurora 8B/10B protocol is an open standard and is available for implementation by anyone without restriction.", there is no such clear statement in th
Aurora 64B/66B protocol specification

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