Title :
A Viterbi decoder core with no trace-back unit
Author :
Shebaita, Ahmed ; Khairy, Mohamed M. ; Salama, Ali Ezzat ; Ashour, Mahmoud
Author_Institution :
Design Center, Egyptian Atomic Energy Authorization, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract :
In this paper, we propose a novel Viterbi decoder core. This core is optimized to minimize the decoding latency, which is an important factor for real time multimedia applications. The new core has the same complexity as the conventional cores and it achieves the same performance.
Keywords :
Viterbi decoding; convolutional codes; multimedia communication; Viterbi decoder core; convolutional codes; decoding latency; multimedia communication; real time multimedia applications; Block codes; Convolutional codes; Decoding; Delay; Digital communication; Helium; Maximum a posteriori estimation; Recursive estimation; State estimation; Viterbi algorithm;
Conference_Titel :
Microelectronics, 2003. ICM 2003. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
977-05-2010-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICM.2003.1287839
