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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2010
Applicants:
Timothy Perrin Fisher-jeffes, Cambridge, MA (US);
Chiaming Lo, Tustin, CA (US);
Ganning Yang, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Timothy Perrin Fisher-Jeffes, Cambridge, MA (US);
Chiaming Lo, Tustin, CA (US);
Ganning Yang, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
MediaTek Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method includes, during a first iteration of a first decoder for decoding convolutionally encoded data elements, determining a first value of a first path metric. The method also includes, during a second iteration of the first decoder, determining a second value of the first path metric by using the first value of the first path metric as an initial value of the first path metric.