Patent ID: 8943393
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: G06F,H03M,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for protecting digital words, said method comprising: identifying a total number of header bits associated with a plurality of digital words, each of the plurality of digital words having at least one of the header bits; determining a number of protection bits to be used for the header bits, wherein the number of protection bits is determined based on the total number of header bits; computing from the header bits a bit value for each of the number of protection bits wherein the bit value of each of the protection bits is derived from the total number of header bits; and inserting the protection bits into the plurality of digital words to form an updated plurality of digital words, each of a majority, but not all, of the updated plurality of digital words having at least one of the protection bits, wherein at least one method operation is executed by hardware logic.