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Apparatus and method for recovering information bits from a 64/256-quadrature amplitude modulation treliss coded modulation decoder

US6233712A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 24, 1998
Grant dateMay 15, 2001
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Expiry dateApr 24, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L1/0057
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for recovering information bits from in-phase and quadrature components of a stream of quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) trellis code modulation (TCM) signals is disclosed. Each signal has an in-phase component and a quadrature component. The in-phase component includes a decoded bit and a plurality of uncoded in-phase bits and the quadrature component includes a decoded quadrature bit and a plurality of uncoded quadrature bits. The apparatus includes a reencode and puncturing circuitry, an inverse mapping circuitry, and a recovery circuitry. The reencode and puncture circuitry is adapted to receive the in-phase and quadrature components of a QAM TCM signal for encoding the decoded in-phase and quadrature bits. The reencode and puncture circuitry punctures the encoded in-phase bit with the uncoded in-phase bits to generate an in-phase component index. In addition, the reencode and puncture circuitry punctures the encoded quadrature bit with the remaining quadrature bits to generate a quadrature component index. The inverse mapping circuitry is coupled to the reencode and puncture circuitry to receive the in-phase component index and the quadrature component index f…

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