Patent Document ID: RE42884
Application ID: 12289216
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A turbo decoding communication system for communicating a data signal over a communication channel, the system comprising, a turbo encoder for encoding the data signal into an encoded signal, a modulator for generating a modulated signal from the encoded signal, the modulated signal being communicated over the communication channel, a demodulator for demodulating the modulated signal into a demodulated signal providing non-Gaussian metrics, a transformer for transforming the non-Gaussian metrics into near Gaussian metrics, a turbo decoder for decoding the near Gaussian metrics into the data signal , the turbo decoder decoding the near Gaussian metrics into the data signal using a Gaussian characterization for characterizing of the communication channel, and a decoder reference for providing a Gaussian mean and a Gaussian standard deviation to the turbo decoder for decoding the near Gaussian metrics into the data signal, the Gaussian mean and Gaussian standard deviation being the Gaussian characterization.