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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2002
Itay Lusky, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Daniel Wajcer, Moshav Beit Yeushua, IL;
Yosef Bendel, Holon, IL;
Yigal Bitran, Tel Aviv, IL;
Naftali Sommer, Rishon Le Zion, IL;
Ofir Shalvi, Raanan, IL;
Zvi Reznic, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Ariel Yagil, Ramat Hasharon, IL;
Eli Haim, Herzeliya, IL;
Itay Lusky, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Daniel Wajcer, Moshav Beit Yeushua, IL;
Yosef Bendel, Holon, IL;
Yigal Bitran, Tel Aviv, IL;
Naftali Sommer, Rishon Le Zion, IL;
Ofir Shalvi, Raanan, IL;
Zvi Reznic, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Ariel Yagil, Ramat Hasharon, IL;
Eli Haim, Herzeliya, IL;
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A method is provided to provide data to automatically estimate channel performance in a communication system if a different order constellation is used comprising the steps of: receiving an input signal from the channel; passing the input signal to a slicer having an output signal; determining signal noise by taking the difference between the input signal and output signal; identifying a beginning of a noise event when the signal noise is greater than a predefined first threshold; identifying an end of a noise event when the signal noise is less than a predefined second threshold; and providing for output the beginning of the noise event and the end of the noise event. Other systems and methods are disclosed.