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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2009

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2007
Applicants:

Norman J. Beamish, Costa Mesa, CA (US);

Arun Sukheja, Irvine, CA (US);

Mark S. Frank, Beaverton, OR (US);

Inventors:

Norman J. Beamish, Costa Mesa, CA (US);

Arun Sukheja, Irvine, CA (US);

Mark S. Frank, Beaverton, OR (US);

Assignee:

Skyworks Solutions, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/02 (2006.01); H04W 74/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method is provided of communicating in a wireless communication system. The method comprises (a) setting a decrement burst variable to be equal to a predetermined number representing a number of bursts of data from which to prematurely decode a USF codeword, (b) receiving a received burst of data comprising USF related data related to a portion of a USF codeword, (c) extracting said USF related data from said equalized received burst of data, (d) determining if a burst number variable is equal to said decrement burst variable, (e) incrementing said burst number variable and repeating (b) through (d) if said burst number variable is not equal to said decrement burst variable, and (f) decoding said USF codeword if said burst number variable is equal to said decrement burst variable.


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