VITERBI decoder
US5162797A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 15, 1991 |
| Grant date | Nov 10, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03M13/41
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The inventive VITERBI decoder employs a memory for delivering a new path-metric and path selecting information. The memory stores path-metrics and path selecting information corresponding to all combinations of all possible values of input data, path-metric and control signal. The memory has its address lines connected with an input data output line, branch information output line and output line for a metric of the past.
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