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System and method for trellis decoding in a multi-pair transceiver system

US6721916B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 15, 2001
Grant dateApr 13, 2004
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Expiry dateMay 15, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2025/03745
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and a system for decoding information signals encoded in accordance with a multi-state encoding scheme and transmitted over a multi-dimensional transmission channel by computing a distance of a received word from a codeword. One-dimensional (1D) input signals are processed in a pair of symbol decoders, implemented as look-up tables, to produce a pair of 1D errors, with each representing a distance metric between the input signal and a symbol in a set of symbols. The 1D errors are combined based on the multi-state encoding scheme in order to produce a set of multi-dimensional error terms. Each of the multi-dimensional error terms corresponds to a distance between a received word and a nearest codeword.

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