Patent ID: 6073250
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: H03M,H04L

Abstract:
A method of decoding an encoded message which includes a plurality of data items and a plurality of redundant data items each associated with more than one of the plurality of data items, comprising the steps of:reducing a first of the plurality of redundant data items to correspond to only a first of the plurality of data items;replacing the first of the plurality of data items with the reduced first of the plurality of redundant data items;reducing a second of the plurality of redundant data items, to correspond to only a second of the plurality of data items; andreplacing the second of the plurality of data items with the reduced second of the plurality of redundant data items to decode the encoded message;wherein each of the plurality of data items is associated with a number of the plurality of redundant data items, the number being different for different ones of the plurality of data items; andeach of the plurality of redundant data items is associated with particular one of the plurality of data items and the association is random.