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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2009
Edwin Mccall Leiby, Iii, Avon, NY (US);
Mark Walter Chamberlain, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Joseph Shaver, Rochester, NY (US);
Paul Voglewede, Chili, NY (US);
Edwin McCall Leiby, III, Avon, NY (US);
Mark Walter Chamberlain, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Joseph Shaver, Rochester, NY (US);
Paul Voglewede, Chili, NY (US);
Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL (US);
Abstract
An improved method is provided for decoding data in a frequency hopping communications system. The method includes: monitoring transition points between data bits in a demodulated data stream, where the data bits are transmitted to a receiver over different transmission frequencies; determining a frequency over which data bits are transmitted to the receiver; determining a reliability metric for each frequency over which data bits were received, where the reliability metric is based on transition points of data bits transmitted over a given frequency; and performing a decoding operation using the reliability metric for each frequency over which data bits were received.