Method and apparatus for decoding the output signal of a partial-response class-IV communication or recording-device channel
US4571734A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 5, 1983 |
| Grant date | Feb 18, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 5, 2003 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2025/03369
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A maximum-likelihood sequence decoder is used with a partial-response signaling system for processing sequences of sampled values from a communication channel or recording device. The partial-response signals can be duobinary, dicode, or partial-response class-IV. The maximum-likelihood decoding for each sequence can be based upon a two-state trellis. Instead of two survivor metrics for two states, only a difference metric is necessary.
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