Patent ID: 8909234
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A communication method comprising: receiving a transmission symbol transmitted by a source device to a destination device; computing soft-decision information for a soft decision with respect to information bits corresponding to the transmission symbol; detecting the information bits based on the computed soft-decision information; determining whether an errant bit exists in the detected information bits; selecting, based upon the determination, either the soft-decision information or the detected information bits for transmission as selected information; and transmitting the selected information and content information identifying whether the soft-decision information or the detected information bits is the selected information to the destination device or an access point connected to the destination device, wherein the destination device or the access point connected to the destination device combines the soft-decision information transmitted by each of a plurality of access points, and wherein the soft-decision information includes a log likelihood ratio (LLR).