Extended list output and soft symbol output viterbi algorithms
CA 2110244 C · Owner: Sundberg, Carl-Erik Wilhelm · Inventors: Nill, Christiane Gabriele; Sundberg, Carl-Erik Wilhelm
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A family of extended Generalized Viterbi Algorithm (GVA) and Soft Output Viterbi Algorithm (SOVA) decoders is disclosed. In one embodiment structural aspects of a SOVA are used to develop a new implementation for a serial GVA. Another aspect of the invention provides a low complexity SOVA that generates a reliability measure for decoded information using a list output of the GVA. In a further aspect, reliability information from a SOVA is used to develop a low complexity GVA.
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- Filed November 29, 1993 and granted September 22, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 29, 2013.
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