Patent ID: 7804893

Claim:
A channel decoder processing module operable to provide enhanced decoding results, comprising: a wireless input for receiving a radio frequency (RF) burst, including data encoded therein, from a wireless communication channel; an equalizer processing module operable to: equalize the RF burst; and extract an interleaved estimated bit sequence from the equalized RF burst, the RF burst including at least one predetermined bit sequence; and a decoder processing module operable to: decode the interleaved estimated bit sequence using a trellis thereby generating a set of possible bit sequences corresponding to the encoded data; prune a plurality of dis-allowed bit sequences from the set of possible bit sequences based on knowledge of the at least one respective predetermined bit sequence within the interleaved estimated bit sequence thereby generating a reduced set of possible bit sequences; and compare the interleaved estimated bit sequence to the reduced set of possible bit sequences to select a decoded bit sequence corresponding to the encoded data, wherein the decoded bit sequence being one possible bit sequence within the reduced set of possible bit sequences.