The work is dedicated to the method of threshold separation of digital data, based on the use of bit masks, and evaluated the possibility of its use in the divided transmission data. According to the data split transmission scheme the sender divides the original data into several parts which are independently transmitted via various communication channels, and the receiver reconstructs the original data from parts transmitted. The split transmission can be used to increase the speed of communication or its reliability, as well as to ensure the privacy of transmitted data due to the complication of the problem of interception of multiple communications channels. The requirements for the threshold methods of data sharing for their use in the split transmission are formulated the correspondence between the bit masks method and the advanced requirements is analyzed. An algorithm for using the bit masks method for transferring confidential information in a split transmission system is developed.

Keywords: threshold data separation, shared data transmission, noise immunity, confidentiality, fault-tolerant data storage, bit masks method