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Bad frame detector and turbo decoder

US6298084A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 24, 1998
Grant dateOct 2, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 24, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L1/201
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A window error detector for a receiver capable of operating in a discontinuous transmit mode includes a soft decision decoder (210) producing soft output and generating window error signals. A detector (214) is coupled to the soft decision decoder for detecting a bad frame when the window error exceeds a bad frame threshold, wherein the threshold is altered based on the discontinuous transmit state. A turbo decoder (210) for a receiver includes a soft decision decoder and a window error detector (214) coupled to the soft decision decoder. The window error detector generates a bad frame indication. The turbo decoder stops iterative processing of the data associated with a window when the window error detector detects that the window does not result in a bad frame indication.

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