Interference mitigation in high speed ethernet communication networks

A method for mitigating interference in signals received by a transceiver device in an automotive Ethernet network, the method comprising:

• receiving an input signal at an equalizer of the transceiver device, the equalizer including a decision feedback equalizer (DFE);
• detecting, with a slicer of the DFE, data symbols in the input signal
• generating a filter output at a feedback filter of the DFE, the filter output being generated, during a particular clock cycle, based on i) a first set of one or more data symbols detected by the slicer during first one or more previous clock cycles and ii) a second set of one or more data symbols detected by the slicer during second one or more previous clock cycles, wherein the second set of one or more data symbols is separated from the first set of one or more data symbols by a third set of one or more data symbols detected by the slicer during third one or more clock cycles, the third one or more clock cycles occurring after the first one or more clock cycles and before the second one or more clock cycles, the feedback filter output being generated in the particular clock cycle without use of the third set of one or more data symbols to ease timing constraints for closing timing on the second set of one or more data symbols that is used for generating the feedback filter output in the particular clock cycle;
• and
• subtracting the filter output from the input signal to generate an equalized input to the slicer.