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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2010
Applicants:
Nebojsa Stojanovic, Munich, DE;
Stefan Langenbach, Nuremberg, DE;
Inventors:
Nebojsa Stojanovic, Munich, DE;
Stefan Langenbach, Nuremberg, DE;
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 13/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates to methods for obtaining a bin number of path metrics. When performing such methods, a histogram is provided, which comprises a bin number of values, a maximum value and a tail region left or right of the maximum value. A bin number of path metrics is obtained from said values. According to an embodiment a local extremum is removed from said tail region. According to another embodiment the tail region is forced to be convex. According to a further embodiment a maximum metric difference between neighboring metrics is ensured.