The system in one embodiment relates to tightly integrating parameter estimation, symbol hypothesis testing, decoding, and rate identification. The present invention provides Turbo-decoding for joint signal demodulation based on an iterative decoding solution that exploits error correction codes. The...http://www.google.de/patents/US7590203?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7590203 - Joint symbol, amplitude, and rate estimator