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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:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2008
Applicants:
Julien D. Pons, Carteret, NJ (US);
Patrick Duvaut, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Julien D. Pons, Carteret, NJ (US);
Patrick Duvaut, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ikanos Communications, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In accordance with some embodiments, a communication system is described that comprises a soft-output detector configured to receive a transmit signal and output reliability information regarding the received signal. In accordance with such embodiments, the detector comprises a symbol combiner configured to operate in both a repetition mode and a non-repetition mode, wherein repetition mode comprises receiving a plurality of signals for the transmit signal.