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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2014
Applicant:
Marvell World Trade Ltd., St. Michael, BB;
Inventor:
David Ben-Eli, Modiin, IL;
Assignee:
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD., Hamilton, BM;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04B 1/7097 (2011.01); H04L 1/20 (2006.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/7097 (2013.01); H04L 1/208 (2013.01); H04L 1/0061 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method in a communication terminal includes receiving a signal that carries a data channel and at least a control-channel message, which has a first part that is masked with a terminal-specific code. A second part of the control-channel message that is not masked with the terminal-specific code is decoded to produce a decoded second part. The validity of decoded second part is checked. In response to deciding that the decoded second part is valid, a noise level for the data channel is estimated based on the decoded second part.