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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Anderson Ross, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abdallah Mahmoud Itani, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Nick Andrew Van Stralen, Schenectady, NY (US);
Stephen Michael Hladik, Albany, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
714786 ; 714791 ; 714792 ; 375265 ;
Abstract
Forward and backward recursive calculations in a maximum a posteriori decoding process are performed in parallel processes, rather than sequentially, allowing the a posteriori transition probabilities to be calculated in the same time interval as the recursions, thereby reducing decoding latency and required memory.