Patent ID: 7103828
Filing Date: 2006-09-05
Classification: G11B,H03M

Abstract:
1. A forward error correction communication system, comprising: a forward error correction (FEC) manager configured to receive, from a data stream, a first string of successive characters and a second string of successive characters, the FEC manager further configured to define a plurality of FEC code words based on the data stream and, when defining the FEC code words, to interleave the characters of the first and second strings across the FEC code words such that each of the FEC code words comprises characters from both of the strings, each of the FEC code words having a data portion and a checksum portion, the data portion comprising characters from the first and second strings and the checksum portion comprising redundant information about each character in the data portion; and a transmitter configured to transmit the FEC code words to a remote receiver.