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PCM data transmitting apparatus and method

US4972417A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 15, 1989
Grant dateNov 20, 1990
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Expiry dateJun 15, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N9/802
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data transmission and reception apparatus and method capable of selecting either of two modes having the same sampling frequency in which the bit number of one data unit are either m or n (which are integral numbers and m>n), while using the same error correction encoder and decoder for the two modes, by inserting m-n bits of dummy data bits into the n-bit data so as to handle it as m-bit data during the processes of error correction encoding and decoding and eliminating from the error correction encoded data the dummy data and a redundant code of the error correction code formed by the dummy data so that the data transmission rate can be lowered.

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