> filter out the vast majority of the noise 

Some schemes use a repeat send as a confirmation, ie the data is
sent twice and the two packets are compared

An RC5 transmitter

http://www.selectronic.fr/includes_selectronic/pdf/Philips/SAA3010.PDF

(which BTW make good general purpose keypad decoders)

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