Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Sayed Beladi
  • Adaptive hybrid ARQ using turbo code structure
    Patent number: 6308294
    Abstract: A generic structure of Hybrid ARQ using Turbo Codes is provided which requires the function of a) channel coding, b) redundancy selection, c) buffering and max-ratio diversity combining, d) channel decoding, e) error detection and f) sending back an acknowledgement to the transmitter. The functions (a) and (b) are performed at the transmitter while functions (c) to (f) are performed at the receiver. The initial code rate can be explicitly communicated to the receiver or blindly detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Amitava Ghosh, Brian K. Classon, Mark C. Cudak, Louay Jalloul