A transmission system comprising: a transmission channel to carry data between a transmitter and a receiver/decoder, each communicably interfaced with the transmission channel; a transmission error value monitor communicably interfaced with the receiver/decoder to periodically monitor for Measured transmission Error Values MEVs of such characteristics, magnitude, and/or frequency of occurrence over time, as to represent transmission errors detected on the transmission channel, wherein the MEVs are periodically monitored after training and initialization on the receiver/decoder, wherein the MEVs are selected from a group comprising: a bit error rate, errored seconds, errored minutes, code violations over a fixed period of time, Signal-to-Noise Ratio measured at the receiver/decoder, and Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) throughput; a historical data module coupled with the transmission error value monitor to store a history of performance of the transmission channel over a period of time for use in responding to the transmission errors detected on the transmission channel, wherein unusual error generating noise events are registered in the history of performance of the transmission channel; wherein the transmission error value monitor to further generate an input signal based on the transmission errors detected on the transmission channel based on the MEVs and wherein the input signal generated is based further on the history of performance of the transmission channel including the unusual error generating noise events registered within the history of performance; and a controller coupled with the transmitter to receive the input signal from the transmission error value monitor and to further generate control signals that instruct the transmitter and/or the receiver/decoder coding-related components to adjust their operation by programming or adapting at least an N codeword parameter, wherein the N codeword parameter represents a number of bytes per data frame. a transmission channel to carry data between a transmitter and a receiver/decoder, each communicably interfaced with the transmission channel; a transmission error value monitor communicably interfaced with the receiver/decoder to periodically monitor for Measured transmission Error Values MEVs of such characteristics, magnitude, and/or frequency of occurrence over time, as to represent transmission errors detected on the transmission channel, wherein the MEVs are periodically monitored after training and initialization on the receiver/decoder, wherein the MEVs are selected from a group comprising: a bit error rate, errored seconds, errored minutes, code violations over a fixed period of time, Signal-to-Noise Ratio measured at the receiver/decoder, and Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) throughput; a historical data module coupled with the transmission error value monitor to store a history of performance of the transmission channel over a period of time for use in responding to the transmission errors detected on the transmission channel, wherein unusual error generating noise events are registered in the history of performance of the transmission channel; wherein the transmission error value monitor to further generate an input signal based on the transmission errors detected on the transmission channel based on the MEVs and wherein the input signal generated is based further on the history of performance of the transmission channel including the unusual error generating noise events registered within the history of performance; and a controller coupled with the transmitter to receive the input signal from the transmission error value monitor and to further generate control signals that instruct the transmitter and/or the receiver/decoder coding-related components to adjust their operation by programming or adapting at least an N codeword parameter, wherein the N codeword parameter represents a number of bytes per data frame.