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Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009

Filed:

Nov. 21, 2001
Applicants:

Thomas Klingenbrunn, San Diego, CA (US);

Lichung Chu, San Diego, CA (US);

Antoine J. Rouphael, Escondido, CA (US);

Benny Vejlgaard, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Thomas Klingenbrunn, San Diego, CA (US);

Lichung Chu, San Diego, CA (US);

Antoine J. Rouphael, Escondido, CA (US);

Benny Vejlgaard, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 27/06 (2006.01); H03M 13/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A tap-selectable Viterbi equalizer comprises means for determining at least one symbol from a previous determination assigned to a first state, means for determining a second state of the plurality of states and determining a surviving path metric by comparing path metrics originating from the determined symbol, means for determining the value of a previous symbol with respect to the symbol of the surviving state, and calculating means for generating a reduced trellis by calculating only path metrics for states in which the previous symbol has the determined value.


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