Viterbi processor
US5550870A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 2, 1994 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 2, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03M13/6591
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A digital signal processor with an embedded error correcting coprocessor (ECCP) is disclosed. The ECCP provides soft symbol Viterbi decoded outputs which have the absolute value of the accumulated cost difference of competing states concatenated with the traceback bit or most significant bit of the next state.
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