| US 7,593,380 B1 | ||
| Variable rate forward error correction for enabling high performance communication | ||
| Dennis D. Ferguson, Indian Harbour Beach, Fla. (US); and James A. Proctor, Jr., Indialantic, Fla. (US) | ||
| Assigned to IPR Licensing, Inc., Wilmington, Del. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 05, 1999, as Appl. No. 9/263,358. | ||
| Int. Cl. H04Q 7/24 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 370—342 [714/751] | 9 Claims |
| 1. A method for communication of data, implemented in a receiver, the method comprising:
receiving a forward error correction coded block;
receiving a forward error correction code rate;
receiving a symbol modulation rate;
decoding the received forward error correction block to produce a decoded block based on the forward error correction code
rate and the symbol modulation rate;
dividing the decoded block into segments;
determining if a segment was received with an error;
determining a number of segments received with an error;
determining a segment size for a communication channel based upon the determined number of segments received with an error;
correcting the segment received with an error using forward error correction; and
requesting retransmission of the segment received with an error only when the segment received with an error is not correctable.
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