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Methods and apparatus for error rate estimation

  • US 9,661,350 B2
  • Filed: 02/12/2016
  • Issued: 05/23/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for estimating received symbol error rates, the apparatus comprising:

  • an interface operating in accordance with a digital display interface standard, the interface configured to receive a plurality of encoded symbols from an upstream device; and

    a processing device in operative communication with the interface, the processing device being configured to;

    determine an operational mode for the apparatus;

    receive a plurality of encoded symbols during the operational mode;

    detect one or more symbol errors associated with the received plurality of encoded symbols;

    when a first invalid error symbol has been detected within the received plurality of encoded symbols, increment an error count; and

    estimate a total number of symbol errors, based upon the incremented error count.

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