Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for allocating resources to a plurality of secondary stations for enabling communication between a primary station and the plurality of secondary stations, comprising the steps of a. grouping the resources into at least a first set of resources and a second set of resources; b. allocating a first resource of the first set of resources to a first secondary station, said first resource having a first index in the first set of resources; c. allocating a second resource of the second set of resources to the first secondary station, said second resource having a second index in the second set of resources being equal to the first index plus an offset based at least partly on other information known to the primary and first secondary station.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for communicating from a primary station to a plurality of secondary station, comprising the step of at the primary station allocating a resource to the secondary stations over the time on the basis of a hash function, wherein the hash function is such that the probability that two secondary stations are allocated common resources in two subframes substantially equals the product of the probability that the two secondary stations are allocated a common resource in the first subframe and the probability that the two secondary stations are allocated a common resource in the second subframe.

Abstract: A method of creating an encryption system for encrypting a plurality of plaintext words is provided. The method comprises associating (104) respective plaintext words (202) with respective sets (207) of error positions (212) of an error vector, and associating (106) respective values of at least one of the plaintext words (202) with respective error vector values, wherein positions of the respective error vector values outside the set (207) of error positions associated with the one of the plaintext words (202) are zero. The method further comprises associating (108) the respective values of the plaintext word (202) with respective representations of respective syndromes (218) of the respective error vectors according to an error correcting code.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for allocating resources to a plurality of secondary stations for enabling communication between a primary station and the plurality of secondary stations, comprising the steps of a) grouping the resources into at least a first set of resources and a second set of resources; b) allocating a first resource of the first set of resources to a first secondary station, said first resource having a first index in the first set of resources; c) allocating a second resource of the second set of resources to the first secondary station, said second resource having a second index in the second set of resources being equal to the first index plus an offset based at least partly on other information known to the primary and first secondary station.

Abstract: A data storage and replay device uses measurements of the evolution of performance of the storage medium (typically a flash memory circuit) to predict an error rate of retrieval from a region of the storage medium. The prediction is used as a basis for dynamically selecting an ECC for encoding the data prior to storage of the data. The ECC is selected from a plurality of available ECC's so that a fastest encodable ECC is selected that is predicted to produce no more than a predetermined post-decoding error rate given the information. On decoding the data, which is typically audio or video data, is decoded and replayed at a predetermined speed. In another embodiment, the data stored using a plurality of ECC's together and an ECC is selected dynamically for decoding, so that an output data rate can be maximized or power consumption on replay can be minimized.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for communicating from a primary station to a plurality of secondary station, comprising the step of at the primary station allocating a resource to the secondary stations over the time on the basis of a hash function, wherein the hash function is such that the probability that two secondary stations are allocated common resources in two sub frames substantially equals the product of the probability that the two secondary stations are allocated a common resource in the first subframe and the probability that the two secondary stations are allocated a common resource in the second subframe.

Abstract: A method of creating an encryption system for encrypting a plurality of plaintext words is provided. The method comprises associating (104) respective plaintext words (202) with respective sets (207) of error positions (212) of an error vector, and associating (106) respective values of at least one of the plaintext words (202) with respective error vector values, wherein positions of the respective error vector values outside the set (207) of error positions associated with the one of the plaintext words (202) are zero. The method further comprises associating (108) the respective values of the plaintext word (202) with respective representations of respective syndromes (218) of the respective error vectors according to an error correcting code.

Abstract: Methods for exchanging signals via a network with nodes (11-15) improve the performance of the network by letting a destination node (12) s receive the signals originating from a source node (11) via different first and second signal routes, and by processing and correlating these signals in the destination node (12). In dependence of a correlation result, a process for processing a signal in a node (11-15) is adjusted. This process may be situated in the destination node (12), or in the source node (11) or an io intermediate node (13-15), in which case a control signal is to be exchanged. A learning algorithm for the adjusting of the process can be run in the nodes (11-15). Label switched routing can be introduced, whereby the label signal is sent from the source node (11) to the destination node via a third signal route different from the first and second signal route, to improve the efficiency of the nodes (11-15).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for communicating from a primary station to a plurality of secondary station, comprising the step of at the primary station allocating a resource to the secondary stations over the time on the basis of a hash function, wherein the hash function is such that the probability that two secondary stations are allocated common resources in two sub frames substantially equals the product of the probability that the two secondary stations are allocated a common resource in the first subframe and the probability that the two secondary stations are allocated a common resource in the second subframe.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for allocating resources to a plurality of secondary stations for enabling communication between a primary station and the plurality of secondary stations, comprising the steps of a) grouping the resources into at least a first set of resources and a second set of resources; b) allocating a first resource of the first set of resources to a first secondary station, said first resource having a first index in the first set of resources; c) allocating a second resource of the second set of resources to the first secondary station, said second resource having a second index in the second set of resources being equal to the first index plus an offset based at least partly on other information known to the primary and first secondary station.

Abstract: A data storage and replay device uses measurements of the evolution of performance of the storage medium (typically a flash memory circuit) to predict an error rate of retrieval from a region of the storage medium. The prediction is used as a basis for dynamically selecting an ECC for encoding the data prior to storage of the data. The ECC is selected from a plurality of available ECC's so that a fastest encodable ECC is selected that is predicted to produce no more than a predetermined post-decoding error rate given said information. In this way the speed of transmission of data to the device can be maximized while keeping the error rate below an acceptable level in the predicted future after decoding. On decoding the data, which is typically audio or video data, is decoded and replayed at a predetermined speed.

Abstract: Methods for exchanging signals via a network with nodes (11-15) improve the performance of the network by letting a destination node (12) s receive the signals originating from a source node (11) via different first and second signal routes, and by processing and correlating these signals in the destination node (12). In dependence of a correlation result, a process for processing a signal in a node (11-15) is adjusted. This process may be situated in the destination node (12), or in the source node (11) or an io intermediate node (13-15), in which case a control signal is to be exchanged. A learning algorithm for the adjusting of the process can be run in the nodes (11-15). Label switched routing can be introduced, whereby the label signal is sent from the source node (11) to the destination node via a third signal route different from the first and second signal route, to improve the efficiency of the nodes (11-15).

Abstract: A transmission system includes a transmitter with a signal encoder and a codebook entry selector. The signal encoder has an input for a signal to be encoded. The codebook entry selector selects a codebook entry for obtaining a synthetic signal giving a best approximation of a signal representative of the input signal. The codebook entry includes samples that can assume more than two values and is identified with a sequence of symbols. A receiver has a decoder with a codebook for deriving the codebook, where the codebook entries corresponding to sequences of symbols that differ in one particular symbol value also differ in one signal sample value.

Abstract: In a transmission system a signal to be transmitted is applied to a source encoder (4) for being encoded. The encoded signal is applied to a channel encoder (6) which applies an error correcting code on the encoded input signal. The output signal of the channel encoder (6) is transmitted to a receiver (14) which processes the received signal by means of a channel decoder (18) and a source decoder (20).

Abstract: Multiword information is encoded as based on multibit symbols in relative contiguity with respect to a medium, whilst providing wordwise interleaving and wordwise error protection code facilities. This may provide error locative clues across words of multiword groups, that originate in high protectivity clue words and point to low protectivity target words. The clue words may have a first uniform size and be interspersed in a first uniform manner. The target words may have a second uniform size and be interspersed in a second uniform manner. The organization may be applied for use with optical storage. Sectors may get provisional protectivity as a low-latency error correction mechanism.

Abstract: Multiword information is based on multibit symbols disposed in relative contiguity with respect to a medium, and is encoded with a wordwise interleaving and wordwise error protection code for providing error locative clues across multiword groups. In particular, the clues originate in high protectivity clue words (BIS) that are interleaved among clue columns, and also in synchronizing columns constituted from synchronizing bit groups. The synchronizing columns are located where the clue columns are relatively scarcer disposed. The clues are directed to low protectivity target words (LDS) that are interleaved in a substantially uniform manner among target columns which form uniform-sized column groups between periodic arrangements of clue columns and synchronizing columns.

Abstract: A transmission system comprising a transmitter with a signal encoder, the signal encoder having an input for a signal to be encoded and a codebook entry selector for selecting a codebook entry for obtaining a synthetic signal giving a best approximation of a signal representative of the input signal, wherein the codebook entry includes a plurality of samples that can assume more than two values and is identified with a sequence of symbols, a receiver having a decoder with a codebook for deriving the codebook entry from the sequence of symbols received from the transmitter, wherein the codebook entries corresponding to sequences of symbols that differ in one particular symbol value also differ in one single sample value.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for trackwise burst error correction in multitrack storage has an error protective code format that is based on first and second linear block codes each with a plurality of symbols. Of each word pair that consists of one word from either code, and whose words have a pivot symbol in common, the latter words have mutually different cross-track orientations. Each individual symbol forms the pivot symbol of one such word pair. The method first decodes an error-decodable word pair having such pivot symbol in common. The next word pair is minimally shifted with respect to the latter pivot symbol and is then decoded, such shifting being non-uniform as based on the outcome of a most recent decoding. The method then alternates the shifting and decoding steps.

Abstract: For error-protected storing data, the data is encoded by an error protecting code to encoded data and stored in a medium. Next, the data is read out again and compared with the encoded data. If a particular discrepancy between stored data and encoded data is found, a discrepancy identifier is formed and stored with the stored data for raising the error protection by the error protecting code.

Abstract: Data rate and robustness of digital error protection is improved according to the method and device of the present invention to obviate the need for audio interpolation and consequently, to be useful in fields where audio interpolation cannot be done without complex encoding and decoding strategies. Digital information signals are transferred in the form of a plurality of a number of sequences of information symbols. Each information symbol has a uniform bit length and each sequence of information symbols occurs in a respective input channel. Check words are included in transmitted digital information signals and are encoded to allow correction of erroneous symbols caused on transmission.