Probability-based synchronization of a serial code stream

A system comprising:

• a synchronizer configured to:
• receive a serialized code stream constructed from a first modulated data stream of samples wherein each value of data in the first modulated data stream when encoded is represented by a multi-bit code, and wherein:
• the first modulated data stream comprises one of a first type of stream with a first probability and a second type of stream with a second probability;
• and
• the first probability is maximized and the second probability is minimized;
• select a synchronization of the serialized code stream such that when the serialized code stream is decoded into a second modulated data stream, the occurrence of the second type of stream in the second modulated data stream of samples is minimized;
• and
• a decoder configured to, in accordance with the synchronization selected by the synchronizer, decode the serialized code stream into the second modulated data stream.

A method comprising:

• generating a modulated data stream of samples, with a quantizer integral to a modulator, from an input signal wherein each value of data in the modulated data stream when encoded is represented by a multi-bit code;
• feeding back the modulated data stream to an input of the modulator;
• storing one or more samples of the modulated data stream in a memory;
• and
• encoding the modulated data stream to generate a synchronized serialized code stream;
• wherein generating the modulated data stream comprises, based on the one or more samples of the modulated data stream stored in the memory, constraining, by the quantizer, the modulated data stream such that a synchronization state of the synchronized serialized code stream generated by an encoder is determinable based on the synchronized serialized code stream.

A method comprising:

• receiving a serialized code stream constructed from a first modulated data stream of samples wherein each value of data in the first modulated data stream when encoded is represented by a multi-bit code, and wherein:
• the first modulated data stream comprises one of a first type of stream with a first probability and a second type of stream with a second probability;
• and
• the first probability is maximized and the second probability is minimized;
• selecting a synchronization of the serialized code stream such that when the serialized code stream is decoded into a second modulated data stream, the occurrence of the second type of stream in the second modulated data stream of samples is minimized;
• and
• in accordance with the synchronization selected by the synchronizer, decoding the serialized code stream into the second modulated data stream.