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CMI line coding

In telecommunication, coded mark inversion (CMI) is a non-return-to-zero (NRZ) line code. It encodes zero bits as a half bit time of zero followed by a half bit time of one, and while one bits are encoded as a full bit time of a constant level. The level used for one bits alternates each time one is coded.

This is vaguely reminiscent of, but quite different from, Miller encoding, which also uses half-bit and full-bit pulses, but additionally uses the half-one/half-zero combination and arranges them so that the signal always spends at least a full bit time at a particular level before transitioning again.

CMI doubles the bitstream frequency, when compared to its simple NRZ equivalent, but allows easy and reliable clock recovery.

See also

References

  • ITU-T G.703 (11/2001), Annex A, A.3. Definition of CMI.
  • US 4325053, Pierre Le Brozec; Francois Ferret & Pierre Doussoux, "Method and a circuit for decoding a C.M.I. encoded binary signal", issued 1982-04-13 

External links

Line coding (digital baseband transmission)
Main articles
Basic line codes
Extended line codes
Optical line codes


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