Soft decision threshold control in a signal receiver using soft decision error correction

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PATENT NO 8621307
APP PUB NO 20090269081A1
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12108155

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A soft decision threshold control system and method may be used with a forward error correction (FEC) scheme to adjust or tune one or more soft decision thresholds in response to one or more bit value averages for the threshold(s) and in response to a bit error rate (BER). The bit value average for a soft decision threshold generally refers to an average number of binary values (e.g., logic ones and/or zeros) occurring in a bit stream detected using the soft decision threshold. For different BER levels in a particular system, for example, one or more of the soft decision thresholds may have a predetermined bit value average, which has been determined to provide a certain level of performance (e.g., an optimum performance). Thus, one or more of the soft decision thresholds may be adjusted such that the bit value averages for the soft decision thresholds are adjusted as a function of the BER. The settings of the soft decision thresholds may also be adjusted in response to changes in a signal amplitude of the input signal being detected.

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TYCO ELECTRONICS SUBSEA COMMUNICATIONS LLC412 MT KEMBLE AVENUE SUITE 100S MORRISTOWN NJ 07960

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Cai, Yi Eatontown, US 60 581
Domagala, Jerzy R Red Bank, US 1 13
Pilipetskii, Alexei N Colts Neck, US 47 291

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