Patent ID: 8576955
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: H03M,H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for enhanced downlink processing of received channels in a mobile communications system, the apparatus comprising: a buffer containing at least demodulated control data and demodulated traffic data; a demapper engine containing at least two demappers independently operating on the at least control data and traffic data from the buffer; a log-likelihood-ratio (LLR) buffer supporting a plurality of memory segments accessible by the demapper engine; a decoder engine containing a plurality of decoders, each of the plurality of decoders operating on data from a selected memory segment of the LLR buffer; and an arbitrator providing control of at least one of the demapper engine, LLR buffer, and decoder engine, wherein at least one of the plurality of decoders is suited for decoding control data and at least another one of the plurality of decoders is suited for decoding traffic data.