Patent Document ID: 20050058224
Application ID: 10938305
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A joint decoder and synchronizer for operating on an input signal modulated with encoded data, comprising: a plurality of channel observation modifiers, each configured for receiving an associated candidate signal distortion indicator and channel observations associated with the input signal, each channel observation modifier further operable for producing modified channel observations comprising the encoded data based on the associated candidate signal distortion indicator and the channel observations; a synchronization processor associated with each channel observation modifier, each synchronization processor operative for receiving modified channel observations from its associated channel observation modifier, synchronizing to the modified channel observations received from its associated channel observation modifier, and producing corrected channel observations; a partial decoder associated with each synchronization processor, each partial decoder operative for partially decoding the encoded data embedded within the corrected channel observations received from its associated synchronization processor and producing an associated indication of decoding success; and a branch selector operative for selecting a signal distortion indicator for decode processing based on a comparison of the indications of decoding success received from the partial decoders.