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Blind transport format detection for communication

US6813736B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9Claims
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Filing dateOct 9, 2001
Grant dateNov 2, 2004
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Expiry dateOct 11, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L1/0061
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A receiver (300) is provided that efficiently determines what transport format combination is currently being utilized by a transmitter (200) multiplexing (201) several transport channels onto a single over-the-air channel (209). The receiver (300) estimates the transmitted sequence and, not knowing the format combination being utilized, makes estimates of the information bits for each of the possible transport format combinations. CRC metrics are determined (one for each transport or data channel) for each possible transport format combination, and these CRC metrics are combined into a single transport format combination metric for the particular transport format combination being tested.

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