Method, a sender, a receiver, an optical network element and a serialized packet format for transmitting packets

A sender for transmitting packets comprising a synchronization part and a payload part, said sender comprising a serialization unit for serialization data and an encoding unit for encoding said serialized data, wherein said serialization unit is adapted to generate a synchronization part using a first encoding scheme, followed by a first data sequence of the payload part using the first encoding scheme, followed by a second data sequence using the second encoding scheme, wherein the first encoding scheme is a line coding enabling a synchronization in a receiver.

A receiver for receiving packets comprising a synchronization part and a payload part, said receiver comprising a detector unit for detecting a synchronization part encoded in a first encoding scheme, and a control unit for adapting the receiver characteristics, wherein the receiver comprises a decoder adapted to decode a first data sequence of the payload part, encoded in the first encoding scheme, said detector unit is adapted to detect the end of said first data sequence, said control unit is adapted to adapt the decoder, and said decoder for decoding a second data sequence of the payload part, encoded in a second encoding scheme, and wherein the first encoding scheme is a line coding enabling a synchronization in the receiver.