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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2000
Emin Martinian, Medford, MA (US);
Carl-Erik W. Sundberg, Chatham, NJ (US);
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for coding and decoding a sequence of data packets with use of a novel class of forward error correcting codes having coding rates greater than 1/2 which nonetheless provide relatively high levels of channel protection against burst erasures with a relatively low decoding delay. In accordance with certain illustrative encoder embodiments of the present invention, the source information contained in each of a plurality of packets to be coded is similarly divided into a plurality of (similar) corresponding portions, and “checksums” are computed over multiple data packets, each such checksum being based on different (i.e., non-corresponding) portions of at least two of the multiple packets. These “checksums” are then advantageously appended to various subsequent data packets to be coded. By using different portions of multiple packets from which the checksums are computed, forward error correcting codes having rates greater than 1/2 which provide high levels of channel protection against burst erasures with relatively low decoding delays are advantageously provided. In accordance with illustrative decoder embodiments of the present invention, erased data packets may be regenerated based on the decoding of one or more subsequent (correctly received) data packets which include such appended “checksum” data.