Patent ID: 9722636
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H03M

Claim:
1. An arrangement for decoding a data word by use of a Reed-Muller or equivalent code, the arrangement comprising: (1) N input terminals, I (2) a first level of E·D summing modules, SI_ (3) a first level of E decision modules, MI_ (4) a second level of H summing modules, SII_ (5) a second level of G decision modules, MII_ (6) a third level of G summing modules, SIII_ (7) G output terminals, O wherein N denotes the length of the code and D denotes the minimum distance of the code, E is equal to D-2, F is equal to N/D, G is the number of the symbols of the data word that are to be corrected, and H is a natural number between 1 and E·D.