Decoding system for distinguishing different types of convolutionally-encoded signals
First Claim
1. A communications system providing for discrimination between different types of encoded communications traffic signals, the different types of encoded communications traffic signals being encoded in accordance with respective error correction codes comprising:
- a plurality of decoders for decoding the encoded communications traffic signals, each decoder providing a confidence factor representing a degree of correlation between the encoded communications traffic signals and a respective encoded traffic signal postulate, each decoder including;
means for comparing an encoded traffic signal postulate with said encoded communications traffic signal, andmeans for generating a confidence factor based on said comparison, andselection means for selecting one of said plurality of decoders based on the plurality of confidence factors so that said encoded communications traffic signals are decoded only by said selected decoder.
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Abstract
A decoding system discriminates between different types of communications traffic signals. Each type of traffic signal is encoded using a different error correction code. Plural, parallel decoders each decode a received traffic signal using a different decoding technique. Each decoding technique operates in accordance with one of the error correction codes. A quantitative measurement of the reliability of a decoded result is generated by each decoder. A comparison processor accumulates the quantitative measurements made by each decoder and compares the accumulated values. That decoder having the most reliable, accumulated value is selected to decode the current traffic signals. The remaining decoders are deactivated to conserve processing time.
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24 Claims
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1. A communications system providing for discrimination between different types of encoded communications traffic signals, the different types of encoded communications traffic signals being encoded in accordance with respective error correction codes comprising:
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a plurality of decoders for decoding the encoded communications traffic signals, each decoder providing a confidence factor representing a degree of correlation between the encoded communications traffic signals and a respective encoded traffic signal postulate, each decoder including; means for comparing an encoded traffic signal postulate with said encoded communications traffic signal, and means for generating a confidence factor based on said comparison, and selection means for selecting one of said plurality of decoders based on the plurality of confidence factors so that said encoded communications traffic signals are decoded only by said selected decoder. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A communications system providing for discrimination between different types of encoded communications traffic signals, the different types of encoded communications traffic signals being distinguished from one another by their tolerance of errors, comprising:
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a plurality of decoders for iteratively decoding the encoded communications traffic signals, each decoder including; first means for generating a plurality of communications traffic signal postulate bit states; means for encoding each of said communications traffic signal postulate bit states to generate a respective series of communications traffic signal postulate parity bits; means for comparing said communications traffic signal postulate parity bits with parity bits of received communications traffic signals; second means, coupled to the comparing means, for generating an error signal representing a degree of correlation between said communications traffic signal postulate parity bits and the received communications traffic signal parity bits; and means, coupled to the first and second means, for selecting the communications traffic signal postulate bit state which corresponds to the series of communications traffic signal postulate parity bits for which a lowest error signal was generated and for providing the selected bit state at an output, and selection means for selecting the decoder which generated the lowest of the lowest error signals, wherein said selected decoder optimally decodes one of the different types of encoded communications traffic signals received. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. In a communications system of the type in which different types of information are transmitted with different respective types of encoding, the different types of information being distinguished from one another by their respective tolerance of errors, a method for decoding received encoded information, comprising the steps of:
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decoding the received encoded information by a decoding technique which operates in accordance with a code used to encode a first type of information, and providing a first quantitative measurement of reliability of a first decoded result; decoding the received encoded information by a decoding technique which operates in accordance with a code used to encode a second type of information, and providing a second quantitative measurement of reliability of a second decoded result; comparing the first and second quantitative measurements; and selecting one of the first and second decoded results based on said comparison. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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