Soft decision processing
AssigneeMStar Semiconductor, Inc.
InventorsCyril Valadon, Carlo Pachetti
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Abstract
A method of producing soft decisions for a signal, wherein a model provides an expression for an LLR for the signal, the LLR expression is dependent on noise power in the signal and can be rendered in a form independent of the noise power, wherein the method comprises evaluating the noise power independent expression using values from the signal to produce soft decisions, calculating a weight expressing the noise power affecting a soft decision relative to the noise power affecting at least one other soft decision and applying the weight to its respective soft decision.
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A method of producing soft decisions for a signal received at a receiver, wherein a model provides an expression for an LLR for the signal, the LLR expression is dependent on noise power in the signal and can be rendered in a form independent of the noise power, wherein the method comprises evaluating the noise power independent expression using values from the signal to produce soft decisions that are stored in buffers within the receiver, calculating a weight expressing the noise power affecting a soft decision relative to the noise power affecting at least one other soft decision and applying the weight to its respective soft decision.
Apparatus for producing soft decisions for a signal, wherein a model provides an expression for an LLR for the signal, the LLR expression is dependent on noise power in the signal and can be rendered in a form independent of the noise power, wherein the apparatus comprises means for evaluating the noise power independent expression using values from the signal to produce soft decisions, means for calculating a weight expressing the noise power affecting a soft decision relative to the noise power affecting at least one other soft decision and means for applying the weight to its respective soft decision.
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