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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2016
Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for measuring a signal-to-noise ratio when decoding Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) codes is provided. The method includes receiving from an input of a demodulator an input code word with 'strong' or 'weak' solutions, decoding the input code word in a LDPC decoder using a predetermined dependence of a mean number of iterations on the signal-to-noise ratio, recording a number of iterations performed during the decoding of the input code word, averaging derived values of the number of iterations for a specified time interval, estimating a signal-to-noise ratio based on averaged derived values of the number of iterations and based on the predetermined dependence of the mean number of iterations on the signal-to-noise ratio, and generating an output decoded code word.