Patent ID: 8762817

Claim:
A system comprising: a padding field generator configured to generate a first padding field for a frame; wherein the frame includes (i) a preamble field, (ii) a syncmark field, and (iii) a data field; wherein the first padding field is located between (i) the preamble field and (ii) the syncmark field; and wherein the preamble field, the first padding field, and the syncmark field precede the data field; and an encoder configured to encode, using an error-correcting code, (i) the first padding field, (ii) the syncmark field, and (iii) the data field; and generate, based on the encoding performed using the error-correcting code, one or more parity bits; wherein the one or more parity bits are stored in a parity field of the frame; and wherein the parity field is located subsequent to the data field in the frame.