METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FLEXIBLE ERROR CORRECTION ENCODING AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

摘要

An error correction encoding device is provided that combines redundancy data with source data, said device including: at least three encoding stages and at least two permutation stages. Each encoding stage implements at least one set of three basic encoding modules, in which a first encoding stage receives said source data and a last encoding stage provides said redundancy data. Each encoding module implements a basic code and includes c inputs and c outputs, c being an integer. The permutation stages are inserted between two consecutive encoding stages and each permutation stage implements a c-cyclic permutation.