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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2001
Lichung Chu, San Diego, CA (US);
Thomas Klingenbrunn, San Diego, CA (US);
Benny Vejlgaard, San Diego, CA (US);
Antoine J. Rouphael, Escondido, CA (US);
Siemens Information and Communication Mobile, LLC, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of determining a trellis from a sequence of n symbols in a Viterbi detector. The method includes the steps of receiving a sequence of n symbols, defining partitioned sets according to a decision tree structure, and determining size of each set partitioning according to tap energy of the channel. The method also includes steps of determining a reduced set of connection paths between the current layer and a destination layer in the trellis by determining a value of a most likely oldest partitioned set in a current layer; and calculating branch metrics only for the current layers in the trellis in which the oldest partitioned set matches the determined value.