System for transporting sampled signals over imperfect electromagnetic pathways

A system for repeatedly communicating an input payload consisting of one or more sampled signals over an electromagnetic propagation pathway, comprising:

• an apparatus for collecting an input vector of N samples from one or more input payload signals using a predetermined collecting permutation, encoding the input vector with reference to a predetermined code set into an ordered series of L output values wherein each of the codes in the code set is unique and each sample of the input vector is encoded with respect to the corresponding code in the code set, and making available the encoded ordered series of output values into the electromagnetic pathway during a predetermined transport interval, and
• an apparatus for receiving the encoded ordered series of output values as an encoded ordered series of L input values from the electromagnetic propagation pathway during the transport interval, decoding with reference to the code set the ordered series of input values into an output vector of N samples, and distributing the output vector as one or more reconstructed payload signals under a predetermined permutation that is the inverse of the predetermined collecting permutation.