摘要 |
<p>A method and apparatus for determining an adaptive abort criterion in an iterative decoding process, an iterative step of the iterative decoding process involves calculating a plurality of approximations AP(1)...AP(N) of results R(1)..R(N), each result reflecting a first relationship between at least two elements X(1) and Y(1) .... X(N) and Y(N), accordingly, X(n) substantially equals EXP(-a(n)), Y(n) substantially equals EXP(-b(n)), 0<n<N+1, the method comprising the steps of : (A) performing an iteration step of the iterative decoding process on information to be decoded, wherein during said iteration step comparing a threshold to a first decision about a second relationship between a(j) and b(j), 0<j<N+1, to generate a comparison result; and (B) aborting the iterative decoding process dependent on the comparison result. <IMAGE></p> |