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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1999
David George Cunningham, Wickwar, GB;
Alistair Neil Coles, Bath, GB;
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
In a method for encoding payload bits for transmission over communications link, data and control information are assembled into n-bit data words, where n is an even number and words for control information are constrained to have zero disparity (equal numbers of binary zero and one digits). The n-bit data words are then encoded into n+2-bit code words by adding a two-bit label; for words carrying control information the label has a value of 10. For other data words the disparity is evaluated; if it is zero, the label bits are 01; if the disparity is non-zero and opposite in sense to the running digital sum of the code words transmitted already, the label bits are 11; otherwise, the data word is inverted, and the label bits are 00.