Method and apparatus for encoding digital with two error correcting codes
US4398292A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 23, 1981 |
| Grant date | Aug 9, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 23, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B20/1809
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Successive data words are distributed to a plurality of respective channels to form successive data blocks, each data block being comprised of the data words in the plural channels. A first error correcting code is generated as a function of the words included in the data block, this first error correcting code being adapted for use in correcting at least one word which may be erroneous in the data block, as when the data block subsequently is received or reproduced. The data words included in the data block are selectively delayed, by different respective time delays, to form a time-interleaved data block comprised of time-interleaved data words. A second error correcting code is generated as a function of the words included in the time-interleaved data block, this second error correcting code being adapted for use in correcting at least one word which may be erroneous in the time-interleaved data block, as when the time-interleaved data block subsequently is received or reproduced. The first and second error correcting codes and the time-interleaved data block are combined to form a transmission block which may be transmitted or recorded on a suitable record medium.
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