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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2012
Applicants:
Sagar Dhakal, Irving, TX (US);
Thomas Aloysius Sexton, Ft. Worth, TX (US);
Alireza Bayesteh, Kitchener, CA;
Steve Hranilovic, Oakville, CA;
Inventors:
Sagar Dhakal, Irving, TX (US);
Thomas Aloysius Sexton, Ft. Worth, TX (US);
Alireza Bayesteh, Kitchener, CA;
Steve Hranilovic, Oakville, CA;
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 27/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/04 (2006.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 1/06 (2006.01); H03M 13/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0456 (2013.01); H04B 7/061 (2013.01); H04L 1/0048 (2013.01); H04L 1/005 (2013.01); H04L 1/0058 (2013.01); H04L 1/0618 (2013.01); H03M 13/1102 (2013.01); H04B 7/0413 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multi-level coding and iterative decoding scheme using sparse space codes as the inner-code and codes amenable to belief propagation decoding methods (such as low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes, turbo codes, and trellis codes) as the outer-code is proposed for MIMO communication channels.