Patent ID: 7103820
Filing Date: 2006-09-05
Classification: H03M

Abstract:
1. A forward error correction communication system, comprising: a forward error correction (FEC) module configured to define a plurality of FEC code words, each of the FEC code words having a plurality characters and each of the characters having a plurality of bits; and a transmission module configured to interleave the FEC code words across multiple communication connections such that, for each respective FEC code word, characters of said each respective FEC code word are transmitted across multiple ones of the communication connections and such that characters of said each respective FEC code word that are transmitted over the same communication connection are separated by at least one character of another of the FEC code words but bits of the same character of said each respective FEC code word are successively transmitted over the same communication connection without any intervening bits from other characters, wherein each of the communication connections is communicatively coupled to a remote receiving unit.