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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2011
Joseph B. Shaver, Rochester, NY (US);
John Wesley Nieto, Rochester, NY (US);
Michael Patrick Snook, Walworth, NY (US);
Joseph B. Shaver, Rochester, NY (US);
John Wesley Nieto, Rochester, NY (US);
Michael Patrick Snook, Walworth, NY (US);
HARRIS CORPORATION, Melbourne, FL (US);
Abstract
A wireless communications device includes a receiver, and a decoder coupled downstream from the receiver. The decoder is configured to alternatively decode a first signal using a first trellis state transition map including first valid transitions, the first signal having a first modulation order, and second signals using second trellis state transition maps including respective second valid transitions defined from the first valid transitions. The second signals have respective modulation orders less than the first modulation order.