Reducing DSP schedule bottlenecks in edge through premature USF decoding

A wireless communication system including a base station and a mobile station communicating over an RF channel, said wireless communication system comprising:

• a first module for performing a step of (a) setting a decrement burst variable to be equal to a predetermined number representing a number of bursts of data from which to prematurely decode a USF codeword;
• a second module for performing a step of (b) receiving a received burst of data comprising USF related data related to a portion of a USF codeword;
• a third module for performing a step of (c) extracting said USF related data from said equalized received burst of data;
• a fourth module for performing a step of (d) determining if a burst number variable is equal to said decrement burst variable;
• a fifth module for performing a step of (e) incrementing said burst number variable and repeating step (b) through step (d) if said burst number variable is not equal to said decrement burst variable;
• a sixth module for performing a step of (f) decoding said USF codeword if said burst number variable is equal to said decrement burst variable.

A computer readable medium including computer software program executable by a processor in a wireless communication system, said computer software program comprising:

• code for executing a step of (a) setting a decrement burst variable to be equal to a predetermined number representing a number of bursts of data from which to prematurely decode a USF codeword;
• code for executing a step of (b) receiving a received burst of data comprising USF related data related to a portion of a USF codeword;
• code for executing a step of (c) extracting said USF related data from said equalized received burst of data;
• code for executing a step of (d) determining if a burst number variable is equal to said decrement burst variable;
• code for executing a step of (e) incrementing said burst number variable and repeating step (b) through step (d) if said burst number variable is not equal to said decrement burst variable;
• code for executing a step of (f) decoding said USF codeword if said burst number variable is equal to said decrement burst variable.