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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2004
Applicant:
Makoto Natori, Saitama, JP;
Inventor:
Makoto Natori, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 13/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A decoding apparatus includes simultaneous decoding means for sequentially Viterbi-decoding a plurality of data sequences over respective data lengths from the start at the same time, and stop means for sequentially comparing likelihoods of respective data sequences which are simultaneously Viterbi-decoded by the simultaneous decoding means and stopping the simultaneous decoding means from decoding a certain data sequence if it is determined based upon the compared result that a likelihood of the certain data sequence is lower than a threshold value.