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Self-synchronizing interleaver for trellis encoder used in wireline modems

US4677626A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 1, 1985
Grant dateJun 30, 1987
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Expiry dateMar 1, 2005

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M13/33
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In the transmitter of a data communication system using QAM, a trellis coder with k-baud delay units is used for forward error correction. The output of the encoder is modulated using QAM to generate sequential baud signal elements. The redundant data bits generated are distributed among several non-consecutive bauds. At the receiver a plurality of distributed convolutional decoders are utilized to decode the received signal element. The distributed trellis decoder is self-synchronizing.

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