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Re:How many photons are received per bit transmitted from Vo... by djha-skin on Monday June 03, 2024 @07:14PM (#40568820)
Look up Solomon Reed erasure coding. Voyager uses it, so does qrp Ham radio operators.
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Re:How many photons are received per bit transmitted from Vo... by ballooney on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @08:58AM (#40574092)
[Reed-Solomon is the more conventional formulation if you do end up going looking]
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