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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2007
Applicants:
Cyril Valadon, Letchworth, GB;
Carlo Pachetti, Milan, IT;
Inventors:
Cyril Valadon, Letchworth, GB;
Carlo Pachetti, Milan, IT;
Assignee:
MStar Semiconductor, Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 27/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of producing soft decisions for a signal, wherein a model provides an expression for an LLR for the signal, the LLR expression is dependent on noise power in the signal and can be rendered in a form independent of the noise power, wherein the method comprises evaluating the noise power independent expression using values from the signal to produce soft decisions, calculating a weight expressing the noise power affecting a soft decision relative to the noise power affecting at least one other soft decision and applying the weight to its respective soft decision.