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7042938 Soft bit computation for a reduced state equalizer  
Method and apparatus for soft bit computation with a reduced state equalizer. The method assures that the number of states in the equalizer is reduced to obtain acceptable complexity, while also...
7042964 Viterbi decoder, method and unit therefor  
A Viterbi decoder includes a number of classical Add-Compare-Select units and a number of further Add-Compare-Select unit having a lower complexity butterfly unit ( 300 ) having only two adder...
7042963 Methods and apparatus for decoding variably-coded signals based on prior communication  
A signal representing variably coded information, i.e., information that is coded according to a code selected from a set of codes, is received at a first station. The received signal is decoding...
7043678 Method for identifying bad frames  
The present invention discloses a method and device for identifying unusable data blocks (bad frames) during communication in a network. The method comprises the steps of determining (S 1 ) a...
7039855 Decision function generator for a Viterbi decoder  
A decision function generator for a Viterbi decoder includes a compressor module for receiving arguments of a decision function and for evaluating functions of the arguments of the decision...
7039364 Method for performing measurements in a wireless terminal and a wireless terminal  
The invention relates to a method for performing measurements in a wireless terminal comprising a receiver for receiving radio frequency signals, means for taking samples from the received signals...
7035327 Adaptive equalizer for use in information reproducing apparatus  
Hold registers receive a hold register enable signal. When reading one kind signal of header field data, the hold register enable signal is High and the registers store newly renewed values of...
7035356 Efficient method for traceback decoding of trellis (Viterbi) codes  
Methods and apparatus are provided for efficiently implementing a traceback decoding of Viterbi codes. A Viterbi decoder circuit having at least two data selection blocks and at least two trace...
7035354 CDMA multi-user detection with a real symbol constellation  
A method for multi-user detection includes receiving a complex input signal due to a superposition of waveforms encoding symbols in a real-valued constellation, which are transmitted respectively...
7035343 Closed loop transmit diversity antenna verification using trellis decoding  
A trellis decoder determines the most likely transmitted phase in response to previously requested phase adjustments and observed transmitted symbols. Maximum a posteriori (MAP) decoding also may...
7035347 Combining direct interference estimation and decoder metrics for improved measurement for AMR mode adaptation in GSM systems  
A method of combining a channel quality estimate for the radio channel based on direct measurement of carrier and interferer energies, and a channel quality estimate for the radio channel based on...
7031407 Apparatus and method for decoding and trace back of convolution codes using the viterbi decoding algorithm  
A system for generating and storing trace bits for Viterbi decoding of binary convolution codes includes at least one arithmetic logic unit (ALU) for determining the trace bits, and a first...
7031408 Mechanism for reducing recovery time after path loss in coded data communication system having sequential decoder  
A search path recovery mechanism for a sequential decoder employs a prescribed self-concatenated “Loeliger” convolutional code, that is either decodable by the sequential decoder for data...
7031406 Information processing using a soft output Viterbi algorithm  
A SOVA decoding method determines, for each information symbol time and each state of a decoding trellis, a vector of probabilities for each possible symbol value in accordance with transition path...
7027521 Digital transmission method of the error correcting coding type  
A digital transmission method with error correcting coding includes a coding procedure and a decoding procedure in order to correct transmission errors. The coding procedure includes a plurality of...
7027497 Adaptive equalization method and adaptive equalizer  
During reception of a training signal in a received signal R(n) an estimated impulse response value H m (n) of an M-channel, and a tap coefficient G(n) of a linear filter 111 is calculated by an...
7027519 Iterative maximum likelihood channel estimation and signal detection for OFDM systems  
In orthogonal frequency division multiplexing systems, iterative maximum likelihood channel estimation and signal detection is preformed. The channel estimation gives the maximum likelihood...
7027530 Method and apparatus for maximizing receiver performance utilizing mid-packet gain changes  
The present invention provides a method of and an apparatus for changing the gain of a receive path amplifier during the middle of a packet transmission, and particularly changing the gain during a...
7027533 Turbo-reception method and turbo-receiver  
An impluse response h mn (q) of each transmission path is estimated from N received signals r m (m=1, . . . , M) and a known signal (for a number of users equal to N, n=1, . . . , N). M×N matrix...
7027532 Viterbi decoding with channel and location information  
A method for exploiting location information inherent in the location of points within a transmitted signal constellation. A common method for assigning weights to branch metrics in a Viterbi...
7027531 Method and system for initializing a training period in a turbo decoding device  
A method for processing an information sequence with an iterative decoder is provided. The information sequence is divided into a current window and at least one additional window. The current...
7023935 Trellis based maximum likelihood signal estimation method and apparatus for blind joint channel estimation and signal detection  
A method and system performs blind joint channel estimation and signal detection in a communication system that includes multiple channels for transmitting symbols. The multiple channels are...
7023898 Accelerated method of detection by spheres  
A method of detecting a plurality of symbols (d k (i)) transmitted by or for a plurality K of users, each symbol belonging to a modulation constellation and being the subject of a spectral...
7023934 Method and apparatus for min star calculations in a map decoder  
Method and apparatus for Min star calculations in a Map decoder. Min star calculations are performed by a circuit that includes a first circuit that performs an Min(A,B) operation simultaneously...
7023936 Method and apparatus for decoding lattice codes and multilevel coset codes  
Some embodiments of the present invention include a decoding system in which the decoding system uses iterative decoding techniques to decode signals encoded with lattice codes and/or multilevel...
7020209 Data transmission method, data transmission system, transmitter and receiver  
A data transmission method etc. are provided. At the transmitting side, an error-detecting code of the transmitted data is calculated, frame by frame, the error-detecting code is arranged after the...
7020223 Viterbi decoder and method using sequential two-way add-compare-select operations  
In a Viterbi decoder, 2 n -way add-compare-select (ACS) operations are performed by sequential and/or parallel two-way ACS operations. In one embodiment, first two-way ACS operations generate an...
7020214 Method and apparatus for path metric processing in telecommunications systems  
An apparatus and a method for calculating in-place pat metric addressing far a trellis processing arrangement are provided. An arrangement of cascaded multiplexers and stores receives a known input...
7016440 Iterative MMSE equalization-decoder soft information exchange decoding method and device  
A method and device employing an iterative MMSE equalization-decoder soft information exchange decoding. The method uses a MMSE equalizer which receives and outputs soft information. The equalizer...
7016434 Detection of interfering signal in radio receiver  
A method and equipment for detecting an interfering signal in a time division multiple access radio receiver, in which case, samples are taken from a received signal in symbol sequences over a time...
7017104 Method and system for decoding block codes by calculating a path metric according to a decision feedback sequence estimation algorithm  
A method and system are disclosed that provide a more efficient decoder for decoding block codes such as a complementary code keying (CCK) code. A receiver receives a signal containing at least one...
7012975 Method and apparatus for performing calculations for forward (alpha) and reverse (beta) metrics in a map decoder  
Method and apparatus for performing calculations for forward (alpha) and reverse (beta) metrics in a map decoder. The method includes using a min star (min*) operation to receive the metrics and a...
7012974 High rate product code decoding for partial response channel  
The present invention is directed to a detector for a high-density magnetic recording channel and other partial response channels. The present invention presents a method for decoding a high rate...
7012976 Method for decoding and of joint equalization of a digital signal protected by a code defined by a trellis  
The invention concerns a method for jointly decoding and equalizing a digital signal protected by a trellis-defined code and transmitted though a channel. The method consists in carrying out a...
7010030 Software definable block adaptive decision feedback equalizer  
A block decision feedback equalizer is designed by deriving, from first principles, a block exact decision feedback equalizer and then systematically applying simplifying assumptions to obtain...
7010051 Coding apparatus, coding method and recording medium having coded program recorded therein, and decoding apparatus, decoding method and recording medium having decoded program recorded therein  
Error correction coding and decoding according to a serial concatenated modulation system are carried out under high code rate. A coding apparatus 1 comprises three convolutional coders 10, 30 and...
7010052 Apparatus and method of CTCM encoding and decoding for a digital communication system  
A method of building systematically a multi-dimensional (n, D, L) circular trellis coded modulation (CTCM) encoder with properties of optimal energy efficiency, strong tail biting and maximum...
7010065 Method and apparatus for word synchronization with large coding distance and fault tolerance for PRML systems  
A method and apparatus are provided for word synchronization with large coding distance and fault tolerance for a partial-response maximum-likelihood (PRML) data channel in a direct access storage...
7006566 Two stage equalizer for trellis coded systems  
For use in a receiver capable of decoding trellis encoded signals, there is disclosed an apparatus and method for reducing error propagation in a two stage decision feedback equalizer. The...
7003709 Hybrid ARQ retransmission method with reduced buffer size requirement and receiver therefor  
A hybrid ARQ retransmission method in a communication system wherein data packets consisting of identical or partly identical modulation symbols encoded with a forward error correction (FEC)...
7002767 Detection of recorded data employing interpolation with gain compensation  
A repeatable run-out (RRO) detector employs one or more digital interpolators to interpolate asynchronous sample values representing an RRO address mark (AM) and RRO data, and an asynchronous...
7003055 Systolic equalizer and method of using same  
A method and apparatus provide a systolic equalizer for Viterbi equalization of an 8-PSK signal distorted by passage through a communication channel. The systolic equalizer architecture is scalable...
7003716 Method and apparatus for using multi-dimensional trellis codes over multi-path channels  
An approach for using multi-dimensional trellis codes in a communication system over a multi-path channel, such as a wireless local area network, is provided. In this approach, the received signal...
7003041 Device and method for decoding turbo codes  
A method and apparatus for decoding turbo codes using a sliding window method is disclosed. In decoding a received sequence using a Maximum A Posteriori (MAP) algorithm, a learning by a backward...
6999521 Method and apparatus for shortening the critical path of reduced complexity sequence estimation techniques  
A method and apparatus are disclosed for improving the processing time of reduced complexity sequence estimation techniques, such as reduced state sequence estimation. Precomputing the branch...
6999532 Decoding circuit and method of Viterbi decoder  
The invention provides a decoding circuit and a decoding method of a Viterbi decoder. The decoding circuit of the Viterbi decoder includes a branch metric unit, an add-compare-select unit and a...
6999531 Soft-decision decoding of convolutionally encoded codeword  
A method and apparatus for decoding convolutional codes used in error-correcting circuitry for digital data communication. To increase the speed and precision of the decoding process, the branch...
6996765 Turbo decoder prolog reduction  
This invention describes implementation approaches for sliding window turbo decoders. Sliding windows are used for both the beta and alpha state metric calculations. Initialization of the...
6996196 Sequence estimation method and sequence estimator  
In a sequence estimation method and a sequence estimator of the present invention, a metric is calculated using a received signal and its estimated value, also another metric is calculated using a...
6996195 Channel estimation in a communication system  
A method and apparatus for estimating channels in orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) communication systems. The method and apparatus allows a channel estimate to be determined...