ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,666, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Method for estimating bit error probability using error rate ratio of frame synchronization word" was invented by Seokkwon Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Sung Wan Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Keunsu Ma (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for estimating a bit error probability using an error rate ratio of a frame synchronization word. The method comprises the steps of a) defining error rate ratios of frame synchronization words, b) setting a cost function f(pe) in a weighted least ...