Patent Document ID: 20110044398
Application ID: 12461748
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of decoding a coded signal that is encoded in accordance with at least two component codes, to include a first component code (CC 1 ) and a second component code (CC 2 ), comprising: (a) receiving a communication signal representative of the coded signal, and decoding the communication signal to determine an initial CC 1 decoded sequence; (b) performing an iteration thread starting with the initial CC 1 decoded sequence and stopping the iteration thread when: (i) an inherently-assumed CC 2 decoded sequence is substantially equal to a first-computed CC 2 decoded sequence, (ii) a previously-computed CC 1 decoded sequence is substantially equal to a next-computed CC 1 decoded sequence, and (iii) when a previously-computed CC 2 decoded sequence is substantially equal to a next-computed CC 2 decoded sequence; (c) making available a decoder output sequence that includes at least a CC 1 decoded sequence and a CC 2 decoded sequence that are substantially equal to a most-recently-computed CC 1 decoded sequence and a most-recently-computed CC 2 decoded sequence as computed just prior to the stopping condition being met.