Patents Examined by Christie Tu
  • List Viterbi algorithms for tailbiting convolutional codes
    Patent number: 6161210
    Abstract: List Viterbi decoding of a block of data that has been encoded with a tailbiting convolutional code is provided for in a manner that takes advantage of decoder knowledge that starting and terminating states are identical but data-dependent and thus unknown to the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Chen, Carl-Erik Wilhelm Sundberg