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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1999
Nick Andrew Van Stralen, Clifton Park, NY (US);
John Anderson Fergus Ross, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
John Bailey Anderson, Lund, SE;
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A method is described for convolutionally encoding and decoding data (voice coded data), organized into (35-bit, 20 msec) frames, where the data is encoded by a finite-state data encoder (RSC coder ) for transmission over a data channel ( ). The RSC encoder avoids the need for termination bits associated with each N-bit frame of data, so that the number of bits associated with each encoded frame is reduced, and the throughput of the channel can be increased. The method according to the invention includes storing the first M bits of each frame. Once they are stored, they are loaded in parallel into the M stages of the encoder, thereby deleting residual states from the preceding frame. The remaining (N−M) bits are then applied to the encoder, causing it to produce the convolutional code. After the last of the (N−M) bits are encoded, the M stored bits are summed with feedback from the encoder, and reapplied to the encoder. The ending state of the encoder is thus equal to the starting state.