Patent ID: 8151158
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: H03M

Abstract:
1. A method of decoding a data burst, the data burst comprising a plurality of forward error correction (FEC) blocks, the method comprising: receiving, at a receiver, the data burst; decoding, at a processor, at least one FEC block of the data burst, the at least one FEC block being included in the plurality of FEC blocks; detecting, at the processor, whether at least one error is present in the at least one FEC block of the data burst; halting, at the processor, decoding of the data burst when at least one error is detected to be present in the at least one FEC block of the data burst; receiving, at the receiver, a retransmission of the data burst as a retransmitted data burst in response to the halting decoding of the data burst; and commencing decoding of a combined data burst with an FEC block corresponding to the at least one FEC block in which the at least one error was detected to be present, wherein one or more FEC blocks of the data burst and corresponding one or more FEC blocks of the retransmitted data burst are combined to generate the combined data burst, the one or more FEC blocks of the data burst comprising the at least one FEC block in which the at least one error was detected to be present.