CLAMPING AND NON LINEAR QUANTIZATION OF EXTRINSIC INFORMATION IN AN ITERATIVE DECODER - Patent 1413061

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EP 1 413 061 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	28.04.2004 Bulletin 2004/18

(21)	Application number: 02753430.4

(22)	Date of filing: 02.08.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H03M 13/29

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2002/024538

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/015289 (20.02.2003 Gazette 2003/08)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR

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Priority:

03.08.2001 AU PR680201

(71)	Applicant: LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
	Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974-0636 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	GARRETT, David Pyrmont, NSW 2009 (AU) XU, Bing Tempe, AZ85283 (US)

(74)	Representative: Watts, Christopher Malcolm Kelway, Dr.
	Lucent Technologies (UK) Ltd,5 Mornington Road Woodford GreenEssex IG8 OTU Woodford GreenEssex IG8 OTU (GB)

(54)	CLAMPING AND NON LINEAR QUANTIZATION OF EXTRINSIC INFORMATION IN AN ITERATIVE DECODER