Patent ID: 7602839
Filing Date: 2009-10-13
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a receiver that processes a plurality of signals transmitted in a spreading frame via a communication channel, wherein: the receiver generates a plurality of decisions such that each decision of the plurality of decisions corresponds to one signal of the plurality of signals; the receiver re-modulates each decision of the plurality of decisions thereby generating a plurality of re-modulated signals; the receiver compares at least one signal of the plurality of signals and at least one re-modulated signal of the plurality of re-modulated signals to determine at least one error estimate; and based on the at least one error estimate, the receiver identifies at least one portion of at least one signal within the plurality of signals for erasure within subsequent receiver processing that includes generating at least one estimate of at least one bit encoded within the plurality of signals.