Fleshner & Kim, LLP
State metric memory of viterbi decoder and its decoding method
An apparatus and method of a state metric memory for a viterbi decoder is disclosed including generating survival path metrics from the current-state metrics and simultaneously storing at least two next-state metrics designated by control signals. The present invention includes a plurality of submemories in a memory unit wherein each submemory stores both the current-state metrics and the next-state metrics.
LG Information & Communications, Ltd.
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Jong Youn Seung Hwan
Kim Lee