Forward error correction in wideband digital RF transport systems
First Claim
1. A method for transmitting digital data in a wideband digital RF transport system, the method comprising:
- receiving a first digital signal, wherein the digital signal includes a stream of digital RF packets, each digital RF packet comprising one or more data samples representing a digitized wideband RF spectrum;
encoding error correction data into the stream of digital RF packets based on an error correction algorithm to produce a stream of modified packets; and
transmitting a second digital signal comprised of the stream of modified packets via a communications medium.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for forward error correction in wideband digital RF transport systems is provided. In one embodiment, a method for transmitting digital data in a wideband digital RF transport system is provided. The method comprises receiving a first digital signal, wherein the digital signal includes a stream of digital RF packets, each digital RF packet comprising one or more data samples representing a digitized wideband RF spectrum; encoding error correction data into the stream of digital RF packets based on an error correction algorithm to produce a stream of modified packets; and transmitting a second digital signal comprised of the stream of modified packets via a communications medium.
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35 Claims
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1. A method for transmitting digital data in a wideband digital RF transport system, the method comprising:
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receiving a first digital signal, wherein the digital signal includes a stream of digital RF packets, each digital RF packet comprising one or more data samples representing a digitized wideband RF spectrum;
encoding error correction data into the stream of digital RF packets based on an error correction algorithm to produce a stream of modified packets; and
transmitting a second digital signal comprised of the stream of modified packets via a communications medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable program instructions for a method for communicating digital RF data in a communications network, the method comprising:
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inputting a stream of digital RF packets, wherein each digital RF packet comprises one or more data samples representing a digitized wideband RF spectrum;
encoding each digital RF packet of the stream of digital RF packets with error correction data; and
outputting a stream of error correction encoded data packets based on the digital RF packets. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable program instructions for a method for communicating digital RF data in a communications network, the method comprising:
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inputting a stream of data packets, wherein each packet comprises one or more data samples representing a digitized wideband RF spectrum encoded with error correction data;
decoding each data packet to determine whether the one or more data samples were received without errors; and
outputting a stream digital RF packets, wherein each digital RF packet comprises one or more data samples representing the digitized wideband RF spectrum. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A communication network, the network comprising:
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means for encoding a stream of digital RF packets with error correction data based on a forward error correction algorithm, wherein each digital RF packet of the stream of digital RF packets comprises one or more data samples representing a digitized wideband RF spectrum, the means for encoding further adapted to output a stream of error correction encoded digital RF packets; and
means for communicating a digital signal to a communication medium, the means for communicating responsive to the means for encoding, wherein the means for communication a digital signal is adapted to communicate the stream of error correction encoded packets to the communication medium.
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20. A communications network comprising, the network comprising:
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means for receiving a digital signal, wherein the digital signal comprises a stream of error correction encoded digital RF packets; and
means for decoding the stream of error correction encoded digital RF packets based on a forward error correction algorithm, the means for decoding further adapted to extract from each digital RF packet of the stream of error correction encoded digital RF packets one or more data samples representing a digitized wideband RF spectrum. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A wideband digital RF transport system, the system comprising:
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a first communications network segment adapted to incorporate forward error correction data into one or more digitized data samples based on an error correction encoding algorithm, wherein the one or more digitized data samples represent a wideband RF spectrum signal, the first communications network segment further adapted to output a digital signal representing the forward error correction encoded data samples;
a second communications network segment adapted to receive the digital signal and apply an error correction decoding algorithm to the error correction encoded data samples; and
a communications medium coupled to the first communications network segment and the second communications network segment, the communications medium adapted to communicate the digital signal from the first communications network segment to the second communications network segment. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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