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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2001
Jean-Claude Carlach, Rennes, FR;
Cyril Vervoux, Limoges, FR;
France Telecom, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The invention concerns a method and a device for error correction coding associating with a data source series a coded data block, to be transmitted to at least one receiver comprising at least two coding stages ( ) each comprising at least two basic coding modules ( ), each of said coding stages receiving a series of data to be processed, distributed between said basic coding modules, and delivering a series of processed data, derived from said basic coding modules and at least one branching stage ( ), said branching stage being inserted between two successive coding stages, a first coding stage and a second coding stage, and distributing the processed data derived from each basic coding module of said first coding stage between at least two basic coding modules of said second stage. The invention also concerns the corresponding decoding method and device, based on path likelihood.