Patent ID: 6417949
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A broadband communication system, comprising:a transmitting station that receives a first broadband signal having a Gaussian distribution, converts the first broadband signal to a first digital signal having a first number of bits, encodes the first digital signal to generate a second digital signal having a second number of bits less than the first number of bits, then optically transmits the second digital signal, wherein encoding calculations send higher resolution digital signals for signals located in high probability areas of the Gaussian distribution, and wherein encoding calculations send lower resolution digital signals for signals located in lower probability areas of the Gaussian distribution; and a receiving station that receives the second digital signal, decodes the second digital signal to generate a third digital signal having a third number of bits greater than the second number of bits, then converts the third digital signal to a second broadband signal that approximates the first broadband signal.