Patent ID: 8156397

Claim:
A method for processing signals in a communication system, the method comprising: decoding a plurality of bits; selecting a first portion of said decoded plurality of bits when one or more bit errors are detected in said decoded plurality of bits; generating a first hypothesis for the remaining bits of said decoded plurality of bits that are not part of said selected first portion, said generation being based on redundancy information computed for said selected first portion and on redundancy information corresponding to said plurality of bits; selecting a second portion of said decoded plurality of bits when said generated first hypothesis does not validate said decoded plurality of bits, said second portion comprising said selected first portion and one or more bits of said remaining bits of said decoded plurality of bits; and generating a second hypothesis for the remaining bits of said decoded plurality of bits that are not part of said selected second portion, said generation being based on redundancy information computed for said selected second portion and on said redundancy information corresponding to said plurality of bits.