Patent ID: 8707142

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a synchronization extractor to extract synchronization information from a portion having a first format, the portion having the first format to include an overhead portion and a data portion; a first mapper to: form a streaming frame structure to include first and second portions, wherein the streaming frame structure is to include column and row parity information, the overhead portion, and the data portion, wherein the synchronization extractor is to specify locations of the column and row parity information in the streaming frame structure, the column parity information is located within the first and second portions and among the data at varying offset from a boundary of the data portion, and the column parity information is spread over the first and second portions of the streaming frame structure, column and row decoders to decode column and row bit information of the streaming frame structure; and a second mapper to form a portion having a second format based on at least some of contents of the streaming frame structure.