Radio telecommunications system operative by interactive determination of soft estimates, and a corresponding method
First Claim
1. A system operative to communicate digital data symbols with higher than quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) modulation, the system comprising a transmitter and a receiver comprising:
- the transmitter comprising a modulator and means to split and encode the data into a first block of more significant bits of symbols and a second block of less significant bits of the symbols for modulating by the modulator;
the receiver being operative to receive digital data bits by iterative determination of soft estimates of bits followed by a hard decision as to what bit was intended, the receiver comprising;
a first processor operative to provide first soft estimates of bits of the received signal;
a second processor operative to decode the first soft estimates and to provide second soft estimates of the bits;
a first combiner operative to provide adapted first soft estimates to the second processor, the adapted first soft estimates of each bit being dependent upon a respective first soft estimate and a respective previous first soft estimate; and
a second combiner operative to provide third soft estimates back to the first processor for subsequent further decoding, the third soft estimates of each bit being dependent upon a respective second soft estimate and a respective previous second soft estimate;
wherein the more significant bits are detected in the received signal in a first series of iterations, their estimated contribution to the received signal being subtracted to provide a modified received signal from which the less significant bits are detected by a second series of iterations.
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Abstract
A system to communicate digital data symbols with higher than QPSK modulation comprises a transmitter and receiver. The transmitter comprises, a modulator and circuitry to split and encode the data into a first block of more significant bits and a second block of less significant bits for modulating by. The receiver receives digital data bits by iterative determination of soft estimates of bits followed by a hard decision as to what bit was intended, and comprises a first processor to provide first soft estimates of bits of the received signal, and a second processor to decode the first soft estimates and to provide second soft estimates of the bits. The receiver also comprises a first combiner to provide adapted first soft estimates to the second processor, the adapted first soft estimates of each bit being dependent upon the respective first soft estimate and a respective previous first soft estimate, and a second combiner to provide third soft estimates back to the first processor for subsequent further decoding, the third soft estimates of each bit being dependent upon the respective second soft estimate and a respective previous second soft estimate.
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8 Claims
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1. A system operative to communicate digital data symbols with higher than quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) modulation, the system comprising a transmitter and a receiver comprising:
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the transmitter comprising a modulator and means to split and encode the data into a first block of more significant bits of symbols and a second block of less significant bits of the symbols for modulating by the modulator; the receiver being operative to receive digital data bits by iterative determination of soft estimates of bits followed by a hard decision as to what bit was intended, the receiver comprising; a first processor operative to provide first soft estimates of bits of the received signal; a second processor operative to decode the first soft estimates and to provide second soft estimates of the bits; a first combiner operative to provide adapted first soft estimates to the second processor, the adapted first soft estimates of each bit being dependent upon a respective first soft estimate and a respective previous first soft estimate; and a second combiner operative to provide third soft estimates back to the first processor for subsequent further decoding, the third soft estimates of each bit being dependent upon a respective second soft estimate and a respective previous second soft estimate; wherein the more significant bits are detected in the received signal in a first series of iterations, their estimated contribution to the received signal being subtracted to provide a modified received signal from which the less significant bits are detected by a second series of iterations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of communicating digital data symbols with higher than quadrature phase shift keying (“
- QPSK”
) modulation method comprising the steps of;splitting and encoding the data into a first block of more significant bits and a second block of less significant bits for modulating by a modulator; receiving digital data bits by iterative determination of soft estimates of symbols or bits followed by a hard decision as to what bit was intended, by; providing first soft estimates of bits of the received signal; decoding the first soft estimates and providing second soft estimates of the bits; providing adapted first soft estimates, the adapted first soft estimates of each bit being dependent upon a respective first soft estimate and a respective previous first soft estimate; providing third soft estimates back for subsequent further decoding, the third soft estimates of each bit being dependent upon a respective second soft estimate and a respective previous second soft estimate; wherein the more significant bits are detected in the received signal in a first series of iterations, their estimated contribution to the received signal being subtracted to provide a modified received signal from which the less significant bits are detected by a second series of iterations.
- QPSK”
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