Patent ID: 8593311

Claim:
A method for encoding a sequence of discrete source values (S i ) comprising the steps of: creating sub-groups (G i ) of a number of successive source values from the sequence of source values; encoding the sub-groups of source values by a microprocessor into packets, each sub-group comprising an initial value (S 1 ) corresponding to a first source value in a sub-group, a standardization factor (R) and difference values (ΔS i ), and standardizing the difference values (ΔS i ) in accordance with the standardization factor, between values corresponding with other source values (S i ,) in the sub-group and in each case a value corresponding with a preceding source value (S i-1 ) in the sub-group, such that the standardization factor is determined per packet subject to a greatest difference value (Δ max ) within the sub-group between a source value and a preceding source value.