Patent ID: 8341490

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: an input to receive a plurality of signals successively from a communication channel; a memory to store selectively a plurality of log-likelihood ratios (LLRs) corresponding to an entire turbo encoded block such that at least a first of the plurality of LLRs corresponding respectively to a first of the plurality of signals and at least a second of the plurality of LLRs corresponding respectively to a second of the plurality of signals; and a turbo decoder to employ the plurality of LLRs corresponding to the entire turbo encoded block, selectively stored in the memory, to make a plurality of estimates corresponding to each respective encoded bit of a plurality of encoded bits of the entire turbo encoded block; and wherein: the turbo decoder to receive all of the plurality of LLRs corresponding to the entire turbo encoded block selectively stored in the memory after a last LLR of the plurality of LLRs corresponding to the entire turbo encoded block selectively stored in the memory.