Patent ID: 6987952
Filing Date: 2006-01-17
Classification: H04B,H04L

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for a sending station, the sending station having a send part and a receive part, the send part for sending data upon a radio channel, said apparatus comprising: a block encoder adapted to receive the data, said block encoder for encoding the data according to a selected block coding technique and for forming a block-coded representation; a data-weighter adapted to receive the data, said data-weighter for weighing the data by a selected weight to form a weighter representation thereof; a selector coupled to the receive part and adapted to receive communication indicia forming reliability indicia of communications on the communication channel the communication indicia formed pursuant to a communication feedback scheme, said selector for selecting a first mixing value and a second mixing value responsive to values of the communication indicia, the second mixing value selected by said selector to be of a non-zero value when the values of the reliability indicia are greater than a selected threshold; a combiner for combining the block-coded representation of the data formed by said block encoder, modified by the first mixing value, and the weighted representation, modified by the second mixing value, together to form a weighted block coded representation of the data, the weighted block coded representation for communication upon the communication channel.