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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2006
Applicants:
Joshua Lawrence Koslov, Hopewell, NJ (US);
Wen Gao, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Yik Chung Wu, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Joshua Lawrence Koslov, Hopewell, NJ (US);
Wen Gao, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Yik Chung Wu, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Assignee:
THOMSON Licensing, Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 27/00 (2006.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/0025 (2013.01); H04L 1/0003 (2013.01); H04L 1/1607 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for improving performance in communication systems is provided. In one implementation, information is accessed indicating the quality of at least one communication channel. Based on the accessed information, a modulation scheme is indicated for sending data over the channel encoded with a rateless code. Various different information relating to the communication channel can be used to determine a quality metric for the channel.