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Optimized Viterbi decoder and GNSS receiver

US8621335B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 27, 2008
Grant dateDec 31, 2013
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Expiry dateAug 13, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M13/6583
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A Viterbi decoder which is based on a special instruction set implemented in the processor, enabling it to handle the Viterbi processing with a much lower CPU loading without significantly increasing the hardware complexity. By careful application of appropriate design constraints specific to the SV navigation and analysis of the Viterbi algorithm an optimised architecture can be realized for embedding Viterbi acceleration logic efficiently into a GNSS chipset.

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