TY - GEN
T1 - A low-power viterbi decoder based on scarce state transition and variable truncation length
AU - Lin, Dah Jia
AU - Lin, Chien Ching
AU - Chen, Chih Lung
AU - Chang, Hsie-Chia
AU - Lee, Chen-Yi
PY - 2007/9/28
Y1 - 2007/9/28
N2 - The ACS computation and the survivor memory are most power critical, consuming about 90% power in the Viterbi decoder. Based on the low power mechanisms, the scarce state transition (SST) technique and the variable truncation length, we present a Viterbi decoder for the MB-OFDM UWB applications. The SST scheme lowers state transition as well as signal switches in the ACS units. Moreover, the decoding with variable truncation length leads to the access reduction in the survivor memory. The experimental results show more than 30% power reduction under high SNRs as compared to those without SST and variable truncation length.
AB - The ACS computation and the survivor memory are most power critical, consuming about 90% power in the Viterbi decoder. Based on the low power mechanisms, the scarce state transition (SST) technique and the variable truncation length, we present a Viterbi decoder for the MB-OFDM UWB applications. The SST scheme lowers state transition as well as signal switches in the ACS units. Moreover, the decoding with variable truncation length leads to the access reduction in the survivor memory. The experimental results show more than 30% power reduction under high SNRs as compared to those without SST and variable truncation length.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34648819535&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/VDAT.2007.373220
DO - 10.1109/VDAT.2007.373220
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34648819535
SN - 1424405831
SN - 9781424405831
T3 - 2007 International Symposium on VLSI Design, Automation and Test, VLSI-DAT 2007 - Proceedings of Technical Papers
BT - 2007 International Symposium on VLSI Design, Automation and Test, VLSI-DAT 2007 - Proceedings of Technical Papers
T2 - 2007 International Symposium on VLSI Design, Automation and Test, VLSI-DAT 2007
Y2 - 25 April 2007 through 27 April 2007
ER -