Transmission system
AssigneeXtera Communications, Inc.
InventorsStuart Barnes, Martin Chown, Stephen Webb
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Abstract
A transmission system for transmitting data over a channel in the form of a digital signal comprising bits of data, the system comprising an encoder for encoding the data prior to transmission, the encoder producing coding in the form of an overhead, and a decoder for decoding the data after transmission, characterised in that a first portion only of the data is encoded, the second portion remaining uncoded, the system further comprising a partitioner for partitioning the overhead from the uncoded data portion of the signal, after the first portion data has been encoded.
Claims18
A transmission system for transmitting data in the form of a digital signal comprising an information sequence, the data being transmitted at a predetermined rate, the system comprising a FEC encoder for transforming the information sequence into
- a partitioner for partitioning the encoded sequence into a plurality of sequence portions, so that the encoded sequence is transmitted as a plurality of separate channels,
- wherein the sequence portions are transmitted at a rate which is lower than, and not equal to, the predetermined rate.
A method of transmitting data in the form of a digital signal comprising an information sequence, the data being transmitted at a predetermined rate, the method including applying forward error correcting code to the information sequence to transform the information sequence to an encoded sequence comprising the information sequence and a coding overhead, partitioning the encoded sequence into a plurality of sequence portions, transmitting the encoded sequence over a plurality of channels such that the sequence portions are transmitted at a rate which is lower than, and not equal to, the predetermined rate, recombining the encoded sequence and applying forward error correcting decoding to the encoded sequence after transmission.
An encoding system for encoding a digital signal comprising an information sequence, the encoding system comprising:
- a FEC encoder for encoding the information sequence into an encoded sequence comprising the information sequence and a FEC coding;
- a partitioner for partitioning the encoded sequence into a plurality of sequence portions such that each sequence portion maybe transmitted on a different channel;
- wherein the sequence portions are transmitted at a rate which is lower than, and not equal to the predetermined rate.
A transmission system substantially as herein before described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
A method substantially as herein before described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
An encoder substantially as herein before described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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