| CPC H04L 27/3405 (2013.01) [H04B 14/023 (2013.01); H04L 1/0003 (2013.01); H04L 1/0009 (2013.01)] | 23 Claims |

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1. A method of receiving data, comprising:
receiving a signal at a receiver via a communication channel having a channel signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), where the receiver comprises a demodulator, a demapper, and a decoder;
demodulating the received signal into a demodulated signal using the demodulator and providing the demodulated signal to the demapper via a coupling between the demodulator and the demapper;
determining likelihoods using the demapper based upon the demodulated signal and a non-uniform quadrature amplitude modulation 1024-point symbol constellation (NU-QAM 1024);
providing the determined likelihoods to the decoder via a coupling between the demapper and the decoder; and
providing a sequence of received bits from the decoder based upon the determined likelihoods and a low density parity check (LDPC) code;
wherein the NU-QAM 1024 constellation comprises an in-phase component and a quadrature component, where each component comprises 32 levels of amplitude such that the amplitudes scaled by a scaling factor are within 0.15 from the following set of amplitudes: −34.448, −30.817, −27.660, −24.807, −22.185, −19.751, −17.476, −15.333, −13.305, −11.366, −9.509, −7.701, −5.953, −4.220, −2.533, −0.834, 0.833, 2.533, 4.220, 5.953, 7.701, 9.509, 11.366, 13.305, 15.333, 17.476, 19.752, 22.186, 24.808, 27.660, 30.818, and 34.449.
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