On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 12:56 AM, Steve Underwood <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 09/01/2012 09:17 PM, Rick Muething wrote:
>> Dave has done a good job of squeezing down the bits so it
>> may be a reasonable approximation that they are all now of "equal"
>> importance.
>>
> Whilst an accurate statement in terms of producing an intelligible
> result, it is highly misleading in terms of the effect of each bit at
> the ear. A short loud bang may not affect overall intelligibility very
> much, but the cellular FEC bit allocations put a very high priority on
> preventing them. Just look at how much they protect the MSB of the
> energy fields, whilst pretty much ignoring an error in the LSB of the
> same fields.

I think the gray code is already being used to minimize the audible
effect of a single bit error.  But if we use stronger FEC on some bits
than others, it may be advantageous to go back to 2s-compliment and
protect the MSBs more.

If gray code continues to be used, it may be helpful to use a Hamming
distance greater than one where the codes roll from the greatest to
the smallest value.  That way a single bit error (post FEC) can't
cause a big change in value.

Steve


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