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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2008
Applicants:
Zhengjun Pan, High Wycombe, GB;
Volker Mauer, Princes Risborough, GB;
Inventors:
Zhengjun Pan, High Wycombe, GB;
Volker Mauer, Princes Risborough, GB;
Assignee:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 13/03 (2006.01); H03M 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sequence estimator is described. In one embodiment, the sequence estimator includes a plurality of maximum a posteriori probability (MAP) decoding engines each arranged to process a series of windows of a transmitted signal where state metrics produced for an end of one window by one decoding engine are re-used for the initialization of a state metric calculation process performed by another decoding engine on another window of the signal.