US Patent Issued to Stellenbosch University on Sept. 16 for "Forward error correction in digital communication systems" (South African Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,362, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Stellenbosch University (Stellenbosch, South Africa).

"Forward error correction in digital communication systems" was invented by Johan Adam Du Preez (Cape Town, South Africa) and Frederick Jacobus Du Toit (Cape Town, South Africa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and apparatus implementing linear error correction using linear error correcting codes and associated linear error correcting codes are provided. The apparatus includes a receiver for receiving a sequence of symbols via a channel, the sequence of symbols having been encoded at a source using a linear error correcting code. The...