Patent ID: 11863208
Assignee: IMAGINATION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Field: Basic communication processes (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 11:
12. The method according to claim 1,
wherein the data items have a distribution centred substantially on zero and the method further comprises, prior to encoding a group of data items, pre-processing the data items in the group by converting all data items having a negative value to positive values and interleaving the converted data items with data items having a positive value, or
wherein the data items have a distribution centred on a non-zero value and the method further comprises, prior to encoding a group of data items, pre-processing the data items in the group by shifting all data items such that the shifted distribution is centred substantially on zero and then converting all shifted data items having a negative value to positive values and interleaving the converted shifted data items with shifted data items having a positive value.