Apparatus, and associated method, for estimating a bit error rate of data communicated in a communication system
US8397110B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 29, 2012 |
| Grant date | Mar 12, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 29, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L1/203
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus, and an associated method, for estimating a bit error rate of data communicated to a receiving station of a digital communications system, such as a GSM/EDGE cellular communication system. Soft decision values, indicative of confidence levels that decided values have been correctly decided are compared with threshold values by a comparator. A count is accumulated by a counter whose counted value is representative of decided data values having low levels of confidence that the decided values are correct. The count value is used in the formulation of the BER estimation.
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