Patent ID: 9001911
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of communication, comprising: receiving discrete multi-tone modulation (DMT) symbols comprising a plurality of quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) symbols, each QAM symbol modulating a subcarrier of a subband in a received signal, wherein each QAM symbol is one of a constellation of QAM symbols assigned to the subband; decoding data carried by the plurality of QAM symbols, wherein decoding the data carried by the plurality of QAM symbols includes using a block error correcting decoder to decode a first integer number (V) of code blocks encoded in a second integer number (U) of the DMT symbols, wherein the U DMT symbols and the V code blocks start at a common boundary; and synchronizing the block error correcting decoder at the common boundary.