US Patent 7617434 Adaptive error correction

A method for transferring and correcting communication data is provided. The communication data include data frames, wherein each data frame includes data packets logically arranged in a number of rows and columns. Each data frame also includes error correction packets associated with the data packets. The error correction packets are generated according to an error correction scheme based on the number of rows and columns. The data frames are transmitted and received. The error correction packets are processed to correct errors in the data packets. Information regarding the errors in the data packets is generated. This information is processed to alter at least one of the number of rows and the number of columns.