Patent ID: 7352720
Filing Date: 2008-04-01
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method to determine a bit error probability (BEP) of received Radio Frequency (RF) burst(s) within a data frame received from a servicing base station by a wireless terminal in a cellular wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving the RF burst of the data frame from the servicing base station; determining a signal to noise ratio (SNR) of the RF burst; extracting a sequence of soft decisions from the RF burst; decoding the sequence of soft decisions to produce a data block; determining whether decoding of the sequence of soft decisions was successful; re-encoding the data block to produce a sequence of re-encoded decisions when the sequence of soft decisions decoded favorably; comparing the sequence of soft decisions to the sequence of re-encoded decisions to produce a re-encoded bit error (RBER); determining the BEP based on;