Patent ID: 6922806

Claim:
A system for fast forward error correction coding and decoding, the system comprising: a transmitting device, wherein the transmitting device comprises: a data source; at least one forward error correction (FEC) encoder couple to the data source, wherein the at least one FEC encoder is adapted to encode data from the data source; a channelizer coupled to the at least one FEC encoder, wherein the channelizer is adapted to interleave the encoded data among a plurality of communication channels; wherein the data source is adapted to place control information prior to other information so that the control information is encoded and interleaved prior to the other information; at least one receiving device, the at least one receiving device adapted to receive the plurality of communication channels, wherein the receiving device comprises: a dechannelizer, wherein the dechannelizer is adapted to de-interleave the plurality of communication channels; and a decoder coupled to the dechannelizer.