Method for generating a serial bitstream comprising information for synchronization

• Main Authors: Egner, Sebastian, Baggen, Constant, Van Dijk, Marten
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 08.08.2002

The invention relates to a method for generating a serial bitstream comprising information for synchronizing the serial bitstream internally and/or to another serial bitstream and/or for determining the position in the serial bitstream wherein a fixed code pattern is embedded in the serial bitstream. In order to retrieve a synchronization information or to determine the position in the serial bitstream very fast after the start of reading the serial bitstream and at any time during reading the serial bitstream it is provided according to the invention that the code pattern is periodically repeated in the serial bitstream and that any sequence of a fixed number of successive bits of the code pattern forms a unique code word allowing for synchronization and/or position determination, even under the occurrence of bit errors. The invention also refers to a corresponding device, to a binary signal comprising a serial bitstream, to a record carrier carrying such a binary signal and to a method and device for reading such a binary signal.