In today’s data-driven world, reliable communication is critical – especially when retransmission (ARQ) is costly, slow, or impossible. DigitCode introduces a new paradigm in Forward Error Correction (FEC), designed to correct high bit error rates with unmatched efficiency – even in noisy, long-distance, or satellite-based environments.

Traditional FEC methods like LDPC, Turbo, or Polar Codes rely on convolutional logic and complex decoding algorithms. As bit error rates increase – especially beyond 8–10% – these systems require more memory, processing time, and energy, while often failing to decode accurately without repeated retransmissions (ARQ).

In satellite, deep-space, or secure communication, retransmission is not always possible.

DigitCode uses a radically simplified, deterministic FEC mechanism based on bit-level pattern recognition rather than convolutional logic.

The result:

• faster decoding
• lower memory demand
• higher correction power

Key capabilities:

• Detects all bit errors within a codeword
• Corrects up to 25% of bits (L/4) in a codeword of length L = 2ⁿ
• Corrects burst errors of 2+ bits within that 25% threshold
• Requires minimal to no ARQ retransmissions
• Performs reliably even where LDPC and others fail
• Enables energy- and weight-efficient decoder hardware
  

DigitCode is ideal for environments where data must be received correctly on the first attempt, and where energy, time, or signal reliability is limited:

• Satellite & deep-space communication
• Military & government RF/SAT links
• Aviation, autonomous vehicles & IoT
• GPS spoofing prevention & signal integrity layers

There are numerous advantages in the area of CDMA, too.

(e.g. improved GPS Navigation Coding - please contact for further information)