Patent ID: 7260659
Filing Date: 2007-08-21
Classification: H03M,H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a rate matcher pattern generator having an operational mode selectable between a repeat transmission mode and a depuncture reception mode, the rate matcher pattern generator comprising both a state machine and a lookup table; a transmitter, coupled to the rate matcher pattern generator, to provide first repeated data when the rate matcher pattern generator is repeating first data; a receiver, coupled to the rate matcher pattern generator, to provide second depunctured data when the rate matcher pattern generator is depuncturing second data, wherein the receiver provides the second depunctured data according to a first programmed standard included in the rate matcher pattern generator and selected from a plurality of reprogrammable standards; wherein the receiver is to receive a second programmed standard from the plurality of reprogrammable standards to reprogram the rate matcher pattern generator to operate in accordance with the second programmed standard; wherein the first programmed standard is a rule-based standard, and wherein the rate matcher pattern generator is to use the state machine in operating under the first programmed standard; and wherein the second programmed standard is a table-based standard, and wherein the rate matcher pattern generator is to use the look up table in operating under the second programmed standard.