Frame structure for a QAM system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8767856
APP PUB NO 20130287142A1
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13929567

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A novel framing method for a variable net bit rate digital communications system that utilizes a set of different QAM constellations and punctured trellis code combinations, each combination designated as a mode. This frame structure has a variable integral number of QAM symbols per frame depending on the selected mode, but the number of bytes and Reed-Solomon packets per frame is constant. This is achieved even though the number of data bits per QAM symbol for some modes is fractional. Also the number of trellis coder puncture pattern cycles per frame is an integer for all modes. This arrangement simplifies the synchronization of receiver processing blocks such as the Viterbi decoder, de-randomizer, byte de-interleaver, and Reed-Solomon decoder.

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TECHWELL LLC1001 MURPHY RANCH ROAD MILPITAS MN 95035

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Fimoff, Mark Hoffman Estates, US 81 2040
Jin, Jinghua Palatine, US 4 8
Kim, Jin H Lake Zurich, US 27 437

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