• The KIPS Transactions:PartC
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• v.13C no.1 s.104
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• pp.75-82
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• 2006

In this paper, a space-frequency coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (SFC-OFDM) scheme with dual Viterbi decoder is proposed and analyzed. Here, two independent half-rate OFDM symbols are generated after convolutional coding of the binary source code. A dual Viterbi decoder is exploited to decode the demodulated sequences independently in the receiver, and their path metrics are compared. Accordingly, the recovered binary data in the proposed scheme are composed of the combination of the sequences having larger path metrics while those in a conventional system are simply the output of single Viterbi decoder. As a result, the proposed SFC-OFDM scheme has a better performance than the conventional one for all signal-to-noise power ratio.

• The Journal of Information Technology
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.29-36
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• 2000

Viterbi decoder is a maximum likelihood decoding method for convolution coding used in satellite and mobile communications. In this paper, a Viterbi decoder with constraint length of K=7, 3 bit soft decision and traceback depth of ${\Gamma}=96$ for convolution code is implemented using VHDL. The hardware size of designed decoder is reduced by 4 bit pre-traceback in the survivor memory.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.61-66
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• 2001

In this paper, we design high speed Viterbi decoding algorithm which is aimed for Wireless LAN. Wireless LAN transmits data at rate 6∼54 Mbps. This high speed is not easy to implement Viterbi decoder with single ACS. So parallel ACS butterfly structure is to be used and several time-dependent problem is to be solved. We simulate Viterbi algorithm using new branch metric calculating method to save time, and consider trace back algorithm which is adaptable to high speed Viterbi decoder. With simulated, we determine the structure of Viterbi decoder. This architecture is available to high speed and low power Viterbi decoder.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.29 no.3A
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• pp.337-346
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• 2004

Punctured convolutional codes increase transmission efficiency without increasing hardware complexity. However, Viterbi decoder supporting punctured codes requires long decoding length and large survivor memory to achieve sifficiently low bit error rate (BER), when compared to the Viterbi decoder for a rate 1/2 convolutional code. This Paper presents novel architecture adopting a pipelined trace-forward unit reducing survivor memory requirements in the Viterbi decoder. The proposed survivor path architecture reduces the memory requirements by removing the initial decoding delay needed to perform trace-back operation and by accelerating the trace-forward process to identify the survivor path in the Viterbi decoder. Experimental results show that the area of survivor path unit has been reduced by 16％ compared to that of conventional hybrid survivor path unit.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.51 no.7
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• pp.251-257
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• 2014

The Viterbi algorithm(VA) is used to estimate the state transition of discrete-time finite state machine(FSM) that is in an uncorrelated noisy environment. This paper modified the Hamming Network to estimate the state transitions in the finite state machines, and proposed state-parallel and block-parallel Viterbi decoder. The modified Hamming Network(mHN) can perform the decoding of convolutional codes correctly as conventional Viterbi decoder. Furthermore, the complexities of the proposed Viterbi decoder are reduced approximately 10% less than conventional Viterbi decoder, and the processing times are improved approximately 40% more than conventional Viterbi decoder.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 1998.06a
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• pp.285-288
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• 1998

Viterbi docoder is a maximum likelihood decoding method for convolution coding used in satellite and mobile communications. In this paper, a Viterbi decoder with constraint length of K=7, 3-soft decision and traceback depth of $\Gamma$=96 for convolution code is implemented using VHDL. The hardware size of designed decoder is reduced by 4 bit pre-traceback in the survivor memory.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 1999.06a
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• pp.825-828
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• 1999

A Viterbi Decoder for IMT2000 Mobile Station based on cdma200 is implemented in this paper. There are fundamental traffic channel, supplemental traffic channel for user data transmission and dedicated control channel for signal transmission in cdma2000. This decoder can decode these channels simultaneously, and support l/2, l/3, 1/4 code rate decoding. In case of fundamental channel decoding, it needs about 1100 logic cells and 30000 bit memory block.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.43 no.6 s.348
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• pp.38-46
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• 2006

A parallel analog Viterbi decoder which decodes PRML signal of DVD has been fabricated into a VLSI chip. The parallel analog Viterbi decoder implements the functions of the conventional digital Viterbi decoder utilizing the analog parallel processing circuit technology. In this paper, the analog parallel Viterbi decoding technology is applied for the PRML signal decoding of DVD. The benefits are low power consumption and less silicon consumption. The designed circuits are analysed and the test results of the fabricated chip are reported.

• The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society
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• v.7 no.6
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• pp.1923-1931
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• 2000

In this paper, e analyze the performance of the PSS-type Viterbi decoder which can reduce calculations and power consumption using the Monte Carlo simulations. Gaussian and burst noise channels are considered in this simulation, and we achieve that convolutional interleaver can reduce complexity and power consumption in burst noise channel. In order to implement the high-speed PSS-type Viterbi decoder, the architectures of decoder are presented, and we implemented the PSS-type Viterbi decoder for r=1/2, k=3 using the VHDL tool, and prove the decoding process.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.655-656
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• 2006

A parallel analog Viterbi decoder which decodes PR (1,2,2,1) signal of optical disc has been fabricated into chip. The proposed parallel analog Viterbi decoder implements the functions of the conventional digital Viterbi decoder utilizing the analog parallel processing circuits. In this paper, the analog parallel Viterbi decoding technology is applied for the PR signal. The benefit of analog processing is the low power consumption and the less silicon consumption. The test results of the fabricated chip are reported in this paper.