5B4T coding scheme
US5818362A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 19, 1996 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 19, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L25/4925
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of encoding a five bit symbol into a four trit code word is disclosed, comprising defining out of forty-eight combinations of four trit code words three groups, each group containing sixteen code words, each code word within a group having a Hamming distance of at least two from any other code word in the group, and each code word being associated with a particular combination of four bits selected from said five bit symbol. An analogous method of decoding is also disclosed. Apparatus for performing the encoding and decoding is disclosed.
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