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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
William L Betts, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Kenneth Martinez, Pinellas Park, FL (US);
Gordon Bremer, Clearwater, FL (US);
Assignee:
Paradyne Corporation, Largo, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; H03M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
371 43 ; 3403 / ; 371-2 ; 375 26 ; 375 39 ;
Abstract
In the transmitter of a data communication system using QAM, a plurality of trellis coders with delay units are used for forward error correction. The output of each encoder is modulated using QAM to generate sequential baud signal elements. The redundant data bits generated are distributed between several non-consecutive bauds. Likewise, at the receiver a plurality of distributed convolutional decoders are utilized to decode the received signal element. The distributed trellis decoder is self-synchronizing.