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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:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2010
Applicants:
Yi Cai, Jackson, NJ (US);
Hussam G. Batshon, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Yi Cai, Jackson, NJ (US);
Hussam G. Batshon, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications LLC, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/61 (2013.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 1/20 (2006.01); H04L 25/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/616 (2013.01); H04L 1/0045 (2013.01); H04L 1/20 (2013.01); H04L 25/067 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for generating soft decision reliability information from hard decisions in an optical signal receiver. The receiver may include a digital signal processor including a symbol reliability function for generating symbol reliability information associated with symbols encoded on optical signal. The symbol reliability information may be generated as a function of the symbols and hard decision outputs associated with the symbols.