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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2009
Christopher Harris Snow, Kitchener, CA;
Ayman Ahmed Mahmoud Abdel-samad, Waterloo, CA;
Christopher Harris Snow, Kitchener, CA;
Ayman Ahmed Mahmoud Abdel-Samad, Waterloo, CA;
Research In Motion Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed for decoding digital data received by a correspondent device over a communication channel. The data includes a component corresponding to a plurality of values unknown to the correspondent device and a component corresponding to one or more values known a priori by the correspondent device. To perform decoding, the correspondent device retrieves from memory at least one of the one or more known values. The correspondent device then applies a statistical measure using the known value(s) to estimate the location of the component corresponding to the one or more known values. The one or more known values and the estimated location of the component corresponding to the one or more known values are then used to assist in decoding the data.