Figure 2: Branch matrix generator for a Viterbi decoder featuring an 8-level constraint length. The ACS Unit The ACS unit is the heart of the Viterbi decoder. Each node in the trellis diagram ...

Viterbi decoder is the dominant module to determining the power consumption of the system. High speed and low power design of Viterbi decoder with data rate1/2 and convolution encoding with a ...

An enhanced Viterbi decoder core has been released for 3G wireless base station and fixed broadband wireless designs. Embeddable in the APEXII PLD devices, the core can run at rates of over 185 Mbps ...