Patent ID: 8621314

Claim:
A transmitting and receiving system comprising: a first transmitting and receiving apparatus; and a second transmitting and receiving apparatus, wherein the first transmitting and receiving apparatus includes: a generating unit that generates a packet for transmission by attaching a header comprising packet identification information to transmission data to which an error detection code is attached, wherein the packet identification information comprises a code that is capable of indicating a 1-bit error caused by transmission of the packet for transmission; and a transmitting unit that converts a number of bits of the packet for transmission and then transmits a converted packet, and wherein the second transmitting and receiving apparatus includes: a receiving unit that receives the transmitted packet transmitted by the transmitting unit and subjects the received packet to inverse conversion of the number of bits; and a correcting unit that detects a 1-bit error in the packet identification information of the inverse-converted packet, and corrects the detected 1-bit error.