Patent ID: 9226196
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a receiver, the method comprising: receiving, by the receiver, a first encoded packet carrying coded bits at a first time-frequency instance; estimating channel state information (CSI) corresponding to the first time-frequency instance; storing the first encoded packet in memory; receiving, by the receiver, a second encoded packet at a second time-frequency instance, the second encoded packet carrying a sub-set of the coded bits carried by the first encoded packet; comparing the sub-set of coded bits carried by the second encoded packet with a corresponding portion of the first encoded packet stored in the memory to obtain improved CSI corresponding to the first time-frequency instance, wherein comparing the sub-set of coded bits carried by the second packet with the corresponding portion of the first encoded packet comprises determining values for the sub-set of coded bits carried by the second encoded packet, and comparing the values of the sub-set of coded bits carried by the second encoded packet to the corresponding portion of the first encoded packet stored in the memory to obtain the improved CSI corresponding to the first time-frequency instance; and decoding the first encoded packet stored in the memory in accordance with the improved CSI to obtain the coded bits.