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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Katsuhito Ishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
371 43 ;
Abstract
In a Viterbi decoding method or apparatus, a reception code, produced by precoding a transmission code and transmitting the precoded transmission code through a partial response transmission path, is processed to detect whether the present state is a plus (+) merge, a minus (-) merge or a no merge state. A provisional value is estimated for the transmission code corresponding to the reception code, and the provisional value is stored in a buffer. When the present state is a (+) or (-) merge, that is, other than a no merge state, a decoded value is obtained for the transmission code and the provisional value in the buffer is updated with the decoded value.