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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2006
Applicants:
Ronen Yonesi, Netanya, IL;
Jonathan Friedmann, Tel Aviv, IL;
Ahikam Aharony, Tel Mond, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Provigent Ltd, Herzliya, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 5/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for communication includes receiving over a communication link data that has been encoded using a forward error correcting (FEC) code. The encoded data is decoded using an iterative decoding process, which produces metrics. A condition of the communication link is assessed responsively to the metrics.