The PRBS test modes bypass the JESD204C transport layer and link layer and are therefore neither scrambled nor encoded. These test modes produce pseudo-random bit streams that comply with the ITU-T O.150 specification. These bit streams are used with lab test equipment or logic devices that can self-synchronize to the bit pattern. The initial phase of the pattern is not defined since the receiver self synchronizes.

The sequences are defined by a recursive equation. For example, Equation 12 defines the PRBS7 sequence.

where

• bit n is the XOR of bit [n – 6] and bit [n – 7], which are previously transmitted bits

Table 8-34 lists equations and sequence lengths for the available PRBS test modes where ⊕ is the XOR operation and y[n] represents bit n in the PRBS sequence. The initial phase of the pattern is unique for each lane.