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Method and apparatus for uniquely encoding channels in a digital transmission system

CA 1066421 A · Owner: Western Electric Company, Incorporated · Inventors: Lentz, George H.

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Abstract of the Disclosure, In a digital transmission system of the type which employs cross-polarized radio channels the failure of a, transmitter associated with a particular channel can cause an undesired signal cross-over into the receiver of the failed channel. According to the instant invention each channel in, the system is uniquely encoded by a combination of bitstream inversion and bitstream delay at the head end of the system. Thus if a signal cross-over occurs an excessive number of parity violations are detected in the failed channel and a switch to a protection channel is requested.

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  • Granted November 13, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 13, 1996.
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GrantedNovember 13, 1979
Term endedNovember 13, 1996
Patent numberCA 1066421 A
Classification (IPC)H04L25/14 +2 more

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198019821984198619881990199219941996Patent grantedNov 13, 1979Term endedNov 13, 1996

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