Patent ID: 8873371
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for execution by a communication device, the method comprising: receiving, at a receiver of the communication device, a plurality of source symbols and a plurality of repair symbols of a broadcast from a broadcast source, in which an acknowledgment of reception or non-reception of the plurality of source and the plurality of repair symbols is not sent to the broadcast source for retransmission of the source and repair symbols, and in which the repair symbols are used for error correction of the source symbols to recover sourced data present in the source symbols; decoding at least one of the plurality of repair symbols, on a symbol by symbol basis, and stopping decoding of any additional repair symbol of the plurality of repair symbols when fewer than all and enough of the plurality of repair symbols are decoded to recover at least one erased source symbol of the plurality of source symbols; and decoding the plurality of source symbols using the decoded fewer than all and enough of the plurality of repair symbols to recover the sourced data; and disregarding at least one remaining repair symbol within the plurality of repair symbols that follows the fewer than all and enough of the plurality of repair symbols that are decoded, and subsequently placing the receiver in a power-save mode.