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Adaptive Reed-Solomon decoder and methods thereof

US6511280B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMay 21, 1996
Grant dateJan 28, 2003
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Expiry dateMay 21, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M13/1515
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An adaptive Reed-Solomon(RS) decoder (207) and analogous methods arranged and constructed to decode a RS(n,k) encoded symbol stream, including; a code register (211), coupled to the symbol stream, for storing a received code word including code symbols, an index register (213) for storing a location information corresponding to each of a portion of the code symbols, a processor (215), coupled to the code register (211) and the index register (213), for performing soft decision decoding using an error parameter (217) and an erasure parameter (219) to provide corrected data (215) when the decoding is successful and to provide a failure indication (221) when decoding is unsuccessful, and a controller (223), coupled to the processor (215), for providing the error parameter and the erasure parameter and for adjusting the error parameter and the erasure parameter when the processor provides the failure indication.

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