Patent ID: 8341504
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: H03M,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a computing device to receive packets and provide received packets to a network component, the method comprising: with a network interface circuit, receiving a first packet comprising a plurality of symbols; performing error checking on the first packet, the performing error checking on the first packet further comprising determining a probability of error for each symbol of the plurality of symbols in the first packet, the error checking being adapted to identify: when the error checking indicates that the first packet has passed the error checking, providing at least a portion of the first packet to the network component; and when the error checking indicates that the first packet passes the error checking and is unreliable or that the first packet fails the error checking: receiving at least one second packet comprising a plurality of symbols; performing the error checking on the second packet, the performing the error checking on the second packet further comprising determining a probability of error for each symbol of the plurality of symbols in the second packet; combining at least the first packet and the second packet to form a combined packet, the combining further comprising: