Patent ID: 7290927

Claim:
A method for convolutive encoding and transmission by packets of a digital serial data series flow which is formed by a successive number of bits of a specified value with a current bit of rank k being designated as i(k), through a convolutive encoding of depth K, said method comprising the steps: a) discriminating, in said series flow, a set of successive current bits, in order to form a current packet of digital data; b) defining for said convolutive encoding a stable starting binary value; c) subjecting said digital data of said current packet to a convolutive encoding process, at each value of the current bit i(k) corresponding to a first encoded value a(k) and a second encoded value b(k), a set of these first and second encoded values constituting an encoded symbol S(k)={a(k); b(k)}representative of the current bit i(k); d) forming from the encoded symbols, a packet of encoded symbols, by a concatenation of said encoded symbols; e) assigning to said convolutive encoding process said stable starting binary value as a constraint value at the end of said packet of encoded symbols; f) generating at least one encapsulation message of said packet of encoded symbols; g) transmitting, in a common message, said at least one encapsulation message and said packet of encoded symbols for decoding and use; and h) repeating the operations a) to g) for each current packet of digital data constituting said series flow of bits.