[116777] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: bits/hz/second: we're barely more efficient than the telegraph
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Hennigan)
Mon Aug 17 19:32:18 2009
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:31:23 -0700
From: Jay Hennigan <jay@west.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <2e9d8ae50908171458h4c5b96b0mf644c30468580ffe@mail.gmail.com>
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Anton Kapela wrote:
> For the experts out there: how long are we going to wait for something
> more efficient than morse code over twisted pairs?
For text messages, Morse code can be more efficient than modern encoding
techniques. Morse is a variable-length code weighted to favor the more
common symbols in plain text messages. The letter "e" is a single bit.
In terms of message throughput/hz/second/, Morse is actually pretty
decent.
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