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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2005
Seok-chan Kim, Seoul, KR;
Seok-Chan Kim, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A turbo decoder and a decoding method are disclosed, which use a Maximum A Posteriori (MAP) algorithm in order to perform iterative decoding. The method has the steps of sequentially receiving input data in a memory having a predetermined window size and performing a forward metric calculation for the input data so that the input data has a four window size, performing a first backward metric calculation for the input data and outputting first valid data when the data are input to the memory by twice the window size, and performing a second backward metric calculation for the input data and outputting second valid data when the data are input to the memory by three times the window size.