Incremental redundancy with resegmentation
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving different transmissions based on different content blocks which were segmented from a common digital content according to different block segmentation schemes, where for each one of the different content blocks, a substring in that one of the different content blocks is identical to a substring in at least one other of the different content blocks;
deriving received bits from the different transmissions, the received bits resulting from encoding according to a turbo code;
combining into combined bits a subset of the received bits that are systematic bits, that relate to the substring, and that are derived from different ones of the different transmissions; and
providing to a decoder, together with the combined bits, some of the received bits that are not included in the subset.
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Abstract
Different transmissions based on different content blocks which were segmented from the same digital content according to different segmentation schemes, where each of the content blocks has any substring in common with at least one of the other content blocks, are received by a receiving radio communication station, for example a mobile telephone or a mobile network base station. Certain encoded received bits derived from different ones of the transmissions are combined into combined bits. Other encoded received bits derived from one or more of the different transmissions are provided together with the combined bits to a decoder.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving different transmissions based on different content blocks which were segmented from a common digital content according to different block segmentation schemes, where for each one of the different content blocks, a substring in that one of the different content blocks is identical to a substring in at least one other of the different content blocks; deriving received bits from the different transmissions, the received bits resulting from encoding according to a turbo code; combining into combined bits a subset of the received bits that are systematic bits, that relate to the substring, and that are derived from different ones of the different transmissions; and providing to a decoder, together with the combined bits, some of the received bits that are not included in the subset.
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2. A method comprising:
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a) receiving a first transmission and deriving first received bits from the first transmission, wherein the first received bits would be identical to first encoded bits resulting from encoding of a first content block which was segmented from digital content according to a first block segmentation scheme, if not for any one or any combination of the following having occurred; i) first prefix bits or first suffix bits or both being appended to the first content block prior to the encoding thereof; ii) puncturing of the first encoded bits prior to transmission of the first transmission; and iii) any errors being introduced during transmission of the first transmission; b) after receiving said first transmission, receiving a second transmission and deriving second encoded received bits from the second transmission, wherein the second received bits would be identical to second encoded bits resulting from encoding of a second content block which was segmented from the digital content according to a second block segmentation scheme that differs from the first block segmentation scheme, if not for any one or any combination of the following having occurred; i) second prefix bits or second suffix bits or both being appended to the second content block prior to the encoding thereof; ii) puncturing of the second encoded bits prior to transmission of the second transmission; and iii) any errors being introduced during transmission of the second transmission; c) combining into combined bits a subset of the first received bits and a subset of the second received bits, wherein the first content block and the second content block are not identical, a substring in the first content block is identical to a substring in the second content block, and the first received bits that are combined into the combined bits relate to the same bits of the substring as the second received bits that are combined into the combined bits; and d) providing to a decoder, together with the combined bits, those of the first received bits that were not combined. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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a) receiving a first transmission and deriving first received bits from the first transmission, wherein the first received bits would be identical to first encoded bits resulting from encoding of a first content block which was segmented from digital content according to a first block segmentation scheme, if not for any one or any combination of the following having occurred; i) first prefix bits or first suffix bits or both being appended to the first content block prior to the encoding thereof; ii) puncturing of the first encoded bits prior to transmission of the first transmission; and iii) any errors being introduced during transmission of the first transmission; b) receiving a second transmission and deriving second received bits from the second transmission, wherein the second received bits would be identical to second encoded bits resulting from encoding of a second content block which was segmented from the digital content according to a second block segmentation scheme that differs from the first block segmentation scheme, if not for any one or any combination of the following having occurred; i) second prefix bits or second suffix bits or both being appended to the second content block prior to the encoding thereof; ii) puncturing of the second encoded bits prior to transmission of the second transmission; and iii) any errors being introduced during transmission of the second transmission; c) combining into combined bits a subset of the first received bits and a subset of the second received bits, wherein the first content block and the second content block are not identical, a substring in the first content block is identical to a substring in the second content block, the first content block is not wholly contained in the second content block, the second content block is not wholly contained in the first content block, and the first received bits that are combined into the combined bits relate to the same bits of the substring as the second received bits that are combined into the combined bits; and d) providing to a decoder, together with the combined bits, those of the second received bits that were not combined. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method comprising:
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a) receiving a first transmission and deriving first received bits from the first transmission, wherein the first received bits would be identical to first encoded bits resulting from encoding of a first content block which was segmented from digital content according to a first block segmentation scheme, if not for any one or any combination of the following having occurred; i) first prefix bits or first suffix bits or both being appended to the first content block prior to the encoding thereof; ii) puncturing of the first encoded bits prior to transmission of the first transmission; and iii) any errors being introduced during transmission of the first transmission; b) receiving a second transmission and deriving second received bits from the second transmission, wherein the second received bits would be identical to second encoded bits resulting from encoding of a second content block which was segmented from the digital content according to a second block segmentation scheme that differs from the first block segmentation scheme, if not for any one or any combination of the following having occurred; i) second prefix bits or second suffix bits or both being appended to the second content block prior to the encoding thereof; ii) puncturing of the second encoded bits prior to transmission of the second transmission; and iii) any errors being introduced during transmission of the second transmission; c) combining into combined bits a subset of the first received bits and a subset of the second received bits, wherein the first content block and the second content block are not identical, a substring in the first content block is identical to a substring in the second content block, the first content block is wholly contained in the second content block, and the complement of the first content block in the second content block is not contiguous in the second content block, and the first received bits that are combined into the combined bits relate to the same bits of the substring as the second received bits that are combined into the combined bits; and d) providing to a decoder, together with the combined bits, either those of the first received bits that were not combined or those of the second received bits that were not combined. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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