• DocumentCode
    1370589
  • Title

    Parallel trellis Viterbi algorithm for sparse channels

  • Author

    McGinty, Nigel C. ; Kennedy, Rodney A. ; Hocher, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Div. of Commun., Defence Sci. & Technol. Organ., Salisbury, SA, Australia
  • Volume
    2
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    5/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    143
  • Lastpage
    145
  • Abstract
    The Viterbi algorithm (VA), which normally operates using a single trellis, can be optimally reformulated into a set of independent trellises for a special class of sparse intersymbol interference (ISI) channels. These independent trellises operate in parallel and have less overall complexity than a single trellis. This trellis decomposition can be applied to a more general class of sparse channels approximately resulting in a suboptimal reduced complexity equalizer.
  • Keywords
    Viterbi detection; computational complexity; equalisers; intersymbol interference; parallel algorithms; telecommunication channels; ISI channels; complexity; independent trellises; parallel trellis Viterbi algorithm; sparse channels; sparse intersymbol interference channels; suboptimal reduced complexity equalizer; trellis decomposition; Australia; Baseband; Binary phase shift keying; Communication channels; Equalizers; Gaussian noise; Intersymbol interference; Phase modulation; Phase shift keying; Viterbi algorithm;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7798
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/4234.673661
  • Filename
    673661