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Codec mode decoding using a priori knowledge

CA 2341879 C · Owner: Bruhn, Stefan · Inventors: Bruhn, Stefan

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A communication system supports multiple source coding/channel coding schemes. A mode indicator can be transmitted with payload data to inform the receiver of the particular scheme currently being employed. The mode indicator may be encoded using a relatively weak channel coding to minimize extraneous overhead transmissions. To enhance the likelihood of successfully decoding the mode indicator, which has information that is highly important in successfully decoding the payload data, various value likelihood parameters can be calculated and combined to identify a most likely mode. Included in the likelihood (soft) parameters is one parameter which can be calculated based on a model …

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  • Filed August 27, 1999 and granted October 9, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 27, 2019.
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FiledAugust 27, 1999
GrantedOctober 9, 2012
Term endedAugust 27, 2019
Patent numberCA 2341879 C
Classification (IPC)H04L1/12 +2 more

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