RF communications received by a wireless terminal from a servicing base station are used to determine the BEP. These RF communications may be in the form of RF bursts that are part of a data frame. The signal to noise ratio (SNR) of the RF burst is determined and a sequence of soft decisions from the...http://www.google.com/patents/US7352720?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7352720 - System and method to determine a bit error probability of received communications within a cellular wireless network
