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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mitsuru Uesugi, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiko Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuhisa Tsubaki, Yokohama, JP;
Kouichi Honma, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
375340 ; 371-51 ;
Abstract
A data decoding device eliminates the need for encoding by a decoder for estimating an error rate and can estimate the error rate at a high precision even if an error is included. A square error sum is calculated by an error calculator based on an output of an equalizer. A estimated error rate is determined based on the error sum, a likelihood is determined based on the estimated error rate, and soft discrimination decoding is made based on the likelihood and the output of the equalizer.