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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1998
Oliver W. Saunders, Los Angeles, CA (US);
TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
An error correction encoding system (,) is provided for use in an in-flight programmable spacecraft. The error correction encoding system (,) includes a first data routing switch (,) which receives an uncoded data stream and directs the uncoded data stream to either of a first encoding device (,) or a second encoding device (,). The first encoding device (,) receives the uncoded data stream from the first data routing switch (,) and applies a first encoding function. Alternatively, the second encoding device (,), having a plurality of programmable logic blocks, receives the uncoded data stream from the first data routing switch (,) and applies a second encoding function. A controller (,) is connected to the second encoding device (,) for configuring the plurality of programmable logic blocks to perform the second encoding function. Lastly, a second data routing switch (,) receives a coded data stream from either of the first encoding device (,) or the second encoding device (,) and outputs a coded data stream.