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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 1992
Filed:
May. 24, 1989
Michio Shimada, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a sequential decoding apparatus, a sequential decoder performs sequential decoding on convolutional code symbols stored in a data buffer according to the maximum likelihood algorithm. When the buffer is overflowed due to random noise, the sequential decoder skips a portion of the stored symbols, clears its internal state and initiates a stepwise decoding on symbols of newly arrival. A sync detector detects that a count of symbols that have been decoded after the occurrence of the overflow is lower or higher than a predetermined value. If the overflow condition still exists following the stepwise decoding, a portion of the stored symbols is further skipped and the stepwise decoding is repeated. If the overflow condition ceases to exist and if the decoded symbol count is still lower than the predetermined value, the symbol skipping and stepwise decoding are repeated until it becomes higher than the predetermined value to cause the sequential decoder to resume normal operation.