TURBO DECODER WITH REDUCED-SIZE BRANCH METRIC CACHE - Patent 1413062

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EP 1 413 062 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	28.04.2004 Bulletin 2004/18

(21)	Application number: 02752664.9

(22)	Date of filing: 02.08.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H03M 13/45

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2002/024537

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/015290 (20.02.2003 Gazette 2003/08)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR

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Priority:

03.08.2001 AU PR679301

(71)	Applicant: Lucent Technologies Inc.
	Murray Hill,New Jersey 07974-0636 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	GARRETT, David Pyrmont, NSW 2009 (AU) XU, Bing Tempe, AZ 85283 (US)

(74)	Representative: Watts, Christopher Malcolm Kelway, Dr.
	Lucent Technologies (UK) Ltd,5 Mornington Road Woodford GreenEssex IG8 OTU Woodford GreenEssex IG8 OTU (GB)

(54)	TURBO DECODER WITH REDUCED-SIZE BRANCH METRIC CACHE