[email protected] (Anne & Lynn Wheeler) writes: > for some topic drift ... in hsdt there were some fiber-links with 10**-9 > bit-error-rate with 15/16s reed-solomon FEC ... which resulted in > effective 10**-15 bit error rate ... approx. the same as ibm mainframe > channels of the period.
.... aka sdlc was so 70s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronous_Data_Link_Control recent article Error Correction with Reed-Solomon http://www.drdobbs.com/testing/error-correction-with-reed-solomon/240157266 from above: Reed-Solomon might well be the most ubiquitously implemented algorithm: Barcodes use it; every CD, DVD, RAID6, and digital tape device uses it; so do digital TV and DSL. Even in deep space, Reed-Solomon toils away. Here's how it works its magic ... snip ... Reed-Solomon error correction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed%E2%80%93Solomon_error_correction -- virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
