Method and apparatus for implementing a traceback processor for trellis decoding in a Viterbi decoder
US7564930B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 16, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jul 21, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03M13/6583
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A Viterbi decoder includes a state metrics processor that generates survivor information. The Viterbi decoder includes a traceback processor having a traceback engine that tracks a state of a traceback operation in response to the survivor information.
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