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4.4.13 Interleave
This function is used in digital data transmission technology to protect the transmission against noise issue and data
error.
If during transit more than a certain amount of data has been lost then the data cannot be correctly decoded. Short
bursts of noise on the line can cause these data packets to become corrupt and the modem has to re-request data
which in turn can slow down the overall rate at which data is transmitted.
Interleaving is a method of taking data packets, chopping them up into smaller bits and then rearranging them so that
once contiguous data is now spaced further apart into a non continuous stream. Data packets are re-assembled by
your modem.
The diagram below is an example of how interleaved traffic is transmitted.