Patent ID: 8233572

Claim:
A method of erasure detection, comprising: receiving at least one pulse signal; determining information associated with pulse signals from successfully received packets; discarding at least some information associated with pulse signals from unsuccessfully received packets; determining at least one threshold based on the information associated with pulse signals from successfully received packets, and not on the discarded information associated with pulse signals from unsuccessfully received packets; determining whether to perform an erasure analysis of the at least one pulse signal; if it is determined to perform the erasure analysis of the at least one pulse signal: comparing at least one characteristic of the at least one pulse signal with the at least one threshold; designating the at least one pulse signal as at least one erasure based on the comparison; and if it is determined not to perform the erasure analysis of the at least one pulse signal, process the at least one pulse signal without designating it as at least one erasure.