Patent Application: US-97682492-A

Abstract:
in digital data transmission and storage , binary data strings are encoded into symbols from a quaternary alphabet by a specific inventive use of finite - state machines . the novel , high - rate quaternary codes offer spectral shaping properties together with a significant increase in noise margin when used on channels which lend themselves to partial - response shaping . in principle , the encoding occurs in three steps : a u - state transition diagram generates quaternary symbols whose running digital sum assumes values from a given set ; the u - state transition diagram is converted into a v - state machine , each of the v states being associated with a number of transitions sufficient to encode the input data bytes into output code words ; finally , the v - state machine is switched into a next state depending on its current state and the last encoded input data byte .

Description:
the codes given in this section are based on finite - state transition diagrams ( fstds ) whose edges are labeled by symbols from the quaternary alphabet {- 3 ,- 1 ,+ 1 ,+ 3 }. referring now to fig1 an infinite - state transition diagram whose subdiagrams generate quaternary sequences with bounded rds , i . e ., with a spectral null at dc is illustrated . let g n be a finite - state subdiagram of this infinite - state transition diagram obtained by restricting the state set to n consecutive states . in this case , the number of states in g n and the number of distinct values assumed by the rds are the same . table 1 contains the capacity c , i . e ., the maximum achievable code rate , associated with g n for different values of n . the communication system model consists of a transmitter , a partial - response channel and a receiver . the transmitter employs finite - state machine encoders which map binary data streams into quaternary sequences . the set of all possible encoded sequences is a subset of the set of all sequences generated by the fstd on which the encoder is based . the receiver utilizes a soft - decision viterbi detector followed by a block decoder which inverts the encoder mapping . the viterbi detector performs sequence estimation on the trellis that combines the fstd and the partial - response channel trellis . in other words , it chooses the most likely sequence generated by the fstd in the sense that when it is transmitted over a noise - free channel , it results in a string of symbols which has a minimum euclidean distance to the noisy received sequence . thecomplexity of the resulting viterbi detectors can be kept within manageablelimits without sacrificing performance by exploiting the periodic nature ofquaternary fstds . the construction of efficient codes is usually based on a technique known as state splitting . in the most common form of state splitting , referred to as output state splitting , the outgoing transitions ( or edges ) of a split state are distributed among the two resulting offsprings , whereas the incoming transitions of the split state are duplicated . a sequence of such splittings results in an equivalent fstd where the number of outgoingtransitions from each state is now sufficient to perform rate k / m bit / symbol coding . this increase in outgoing transitions has been achievedat the expense of an increase in decoder look - ahead . in other words , the sliding window of the sliding block decoder has become larger . in the construction of the disclosed quaternary codes , state splitting has been applied in a reverse manner . the incoming transitions of a split state aredistributed among the two resulting offsprings whereas the outgoing transitions of the split state are duplicated . therefore , rather than increasing the number of outgoing transitions , this technique , referred toas input state splitting , allows redirection of transitions without incurring any increase in decoder look - ahead . as a consequence , quasi - catastrophic error propagation can be avoided without climinating a large number of low - power code words and / or increasing decoder look - ahead . keeping as many as possible low - power code words has the advantage of reducing the average transmitted power . in general , the p - th power of g n is an n - state transition diagram where a transition from state i to state j corresponds to a p - step path from state i to state j in g n and vice versa the codes disclosed hereare based on 3 - state transition diagrams derived from the second power ( p = 2 ) of g 7 and g 11 . in this case , each transition is labeled with two quaternary symbols . the maximum rate that encoders derived from g 7 n = 7 , can achieve , is 1 . 566 bit / symbol ( see table 1 ). in this case , the number of identical symbols at the input and output of the dicode channel is restricted to 6 and 5 , respectively . fig2 shows a u - state transition diagram , i . e , the 3 - state irreducible component of the second power of g 7 from which one of the 8b / 6q codes ( rate r = 8 / 6 bit / symbol ) is derived . the third power of the fstd in fig2 gives rise to a new 3 - state transition diagram where each state has at least 256 outgoing 6 - symbol transitions allowing the realisation of a 3 - state 8b / 6q encoder . one observes that it is possible to start at different encoder states and generate exactly the same sequences . such sequences give rise to the phenomenon of quasi - catastrophic error propagation and should be eliminated . this can be achieved by eliminating transitions that start andend at the same state and cause error propagation , and rearranging transitions via input state splitting of the center state . in other words , transitions are rearranged such that edges arriving at the center state arepartitioned and redirected to its two offsprings and the outgoing edges areduplicated . this leads to a 4 - state transition diagram that does not generate sequences which could give rise to quasi - catastrophic error propagation . since there are more than 256 transitions emanating from eachof the 4 states , one can discard the transitions that contribute most to the average transmitted power . the reduced average transmitted power associated with sequences generated by this encoder is thus p s = 2 . 93 which is considerably smaller than p s = 5 , i . e ., the average transmitted power of a reference 2b / 1q scheme . the structure of a resulting v - state encoder ( v = 4 ), often referred to as a v - state machine , is shown in fig3 . the encoder mapping is specified in table 2 and , finally , the list of code words in hexadecimal representationis given in table 3 . the two quaternary symbols corresponding to a hexadecimal number are obtained by grouping the binary representation of ahexadecimal number into 2 dibits and converting every dibit 00 , 01 , 10 , 11 into - 3 , - 1 , + 1 , + 3 , respectively . as an example , the code word d99 has the binary representation 110110011001 and corresponds to the 6 symbols + 3 - 1 + 1 - 1 + 1 - 1 at the input of the channel . the bar on a list of i code words such as l ( i ) indicates that the signs of code word symbols in the original list of code words l ( i ) have been inverted . for example , + 1 - 1 + 1 - 1 + 1 - 1 ( d99 ) is in a ( 43 ) ( see table 3 ) and represents the label of one of the 43 transitions in a ( 43 ) from state 1 to state 2 orfrom state 2 to state 4 ( see fig3 ). the inverse of d99 is - 3 + 1 - 1 + 1 - 1 + 1 and belongs to a ( 43 ). table 2 consists of two subtables specifying the mapping of 8 - bit data words into 6 - symbol code words . subtable 2 . 1 provides data word to code word assignment when the encoder is in state 1 and state 4 . subtable 2 . 2 does the same for the encoder states 2 and 3 . the entries of the first column in both subtables indicate lists of data words d in decimal form . for example , the entry d = 0 - 42 in the first columnof subtable 2 . 1 indicates the data words 00000000 = 0 , 00000001 = 1 , . . . , 00101010 = 42 . the entries of the second and third columns in both tables are of the form l ( i )/ s where l ( i ) is a list of i code words and s = 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 indicates the next encoder state . for example , δ ( 43 )/ 2 in the first column of subtable 2 . 1 indicates a list of 43 code words that can be generated when the encoder changes its state from state s = 1 ( present state ) to state s = 2 ( next state ). decoding is accomplished in two steps . first , a viterbi detector with a path memory of 24 symbols operating every two symbol intervals on the 10 - state combined fstd and channel trellis releases two quaternary symbolsafter a delay equal to the path memory . the 10 - state trellis is described in table 4 where the ( i , j ) th location -- i vertically and j horizontally indicated -- provides the channel input and output symbol pairs associated with the transition from trellis state i to trellis state j . for example , the transition from trellis state 3 to trellis state 5 is associated with the channel input symbol pair + 1 - 1 and the channel output symbol pair 2 - 2 . in a second step , a block decoder without look - ahead operating on groups of 6 quaternary symbols inverts the encoder mapping in table 2 and releases 8 information bits . an 8b / 6q code that requires only 8 trellis states for viterbi detection hasalso been designed . the construction of this code is based on the u - state transition diagram shown in fig4 . this fstd is a subdiagram of the fstd shown in fig2 obtained by eliminating four edges arriving at the centerstate labeled by (- 1 , + 3 ), (+ 1 , - 3 ), (+ 3 , - 3 ), (- 3 , + 3 ). the rds of sequences generated by this fstd takes still 7 different values as before . however , the capacity has now decreased to 1 . 431 bit / symbol . applying inputstate splitting to the center state in the third power of the fstd in fig4 one can design an 8b / 6q encoder with reduced average transmitted power , no quasi - catastrophic error propagation and a corresponding block decoder without look - ahead . the structure of the resulting 4 - state encoder is shown in fig5 the encoder mapping is specified in table 5 and , finally , the list of code words in hexadecimal representation is given in table 6 . the average transmitted power now is p s = 3 . 29 which is slightly higher than in the previous case . decoding is performed on an 8 - state trellis obtained by combining the fstd in fig4 and the trellis of the dicode channel . this trellis is described in table 7 . finally , the path memory of the viterbi detector is limited to only 24 symbols . a higher rate code that requires 12 trellis states for viterbi detection has also been designed . the construction of this code is based on a subdiagram of the 5 - state irreducible component of the second power of g 11 , n = 11 . elimination of the two corner states at both ends of this 5 - state component leads to a u - state transition diagram shown in fig6 wherein u - 3 . the rds of sequences generated by this fstd takes 11 different values and the capacity is 1 . 613 bit / symbol . applying input state splitting to the center state in the third power of the fstd in fig . 6 , one can design an 9b / 6q encoder with reduced average transmitted power , no quasi - catastrophic error propagation , and a corresponding block decoderwithout look - ahead . the structure of the resulting 4 - state encoder is shownin fig7 and the encoder mapping is specified in table 8 . subtable 8 . 1 provides data byte to code word assignment when the encoder is in state 1 or state 4 ( present state ), whereas subtable 8 . 2 shows the same for encoder states 2 and 3 . finally , the list of code words in hexadecimal representation is given in tables 9a and 9b . the average transmitted powernow is p s = 4 . 02 which is slightly higher than in the previous two cases , but still 20 % lower than the average transmitted power of the uncoded baseline system . decoding is performed on a 12 - state trellis obtained by combining the fstd in fig6 and the trellis of the dicode channel . this trellis is described in table 10 . finally , the path memory of the viterbi detector is again limited to only 24 symbols . for example , the 6 - symbol code word + 1 - 3 + 1 + 3 - 1 - 1 has the hexadecimal representation 8b5 and belongs to the list of code words f ( 18 ) ( see table 9 ). the code word 8b5 in f ( 18 ) can be generated when the encoder is in state s = 2 or s = 3 ( see subtable 8 . 2 and fig7 ). in both cases , the next state is state s = 2 or s = 3 as it can be seen from subtable 8 . 2 and fig7 . simulation results for the proposed codes have verified the expected codinggains . fig8 shows event error probabilities , p e as a function of theenergy - per - symbol to noise - power - density ratio scaled by the rate loss , 2e s / rnd in db . curve 1 in fig8 gives the theoretical performance ofan mlse ( maximum likelihood sequence estimation ) receiver for uncoded quaternary transmission over the dicode channel ( r = 2 bit / symbol ) estimatedby ## equ1 ## curves 2 - 4 in fig8 correspond to the performance of receivers for coded quaternary transmission at rates r = 8 / 6 bit / symbol and r = 9 / 6 bit / symbol over the dicode channel . curve 2 shows the case of the rate r = 9 / 6 bit / symbol code where the viterbi detector operates on the 12 - state combined trellis described in table 10 . compared to curve 1 , a gain in noise margin of 2 . 9 db is obtained . curve 3corresponds to a rate r = 8 / 6 bit / symbol code where the viterbi detector operates on the 8 - state combined trellis in table 7 . compared to curve 1 , a gain of approximately 3 . 4 db is obtained . finally , curve 4 shows the case of a rate r = 8 / 6 bit / symbol code where the receiver utilizes a 10 - state viterbi detector with a trellis described in table 4 . a comparison of curve 4 with curve 1 indicates a gain of 3 . 8 db in noise margin . it is also of interest to calculate the spectrum of the particular codes proposed here . this will shed some light on spectral characteristics of encoded sequences such as width of spectral notch at f = 0 and average transmitted power . fig9 shows the power spectral densities of the various codes described in the previous section versus the normalized frequency , f / f s , where f stands for frequency and f s represents the symbol frequency , i . e . the inverse of the duration of a quaternary symbol . the area under the curves in fig9 corresponds to the average transmitted power p s . it can be seen that all three codes have reduced average transmitted power , i . e . their average transmitted power isconsiderably less than the average transmitted power in the case of uncodedquaternary transmission . finally , table 11 summarizes the parameters associated with the three codes described in the previous section and compares them against the baseline system of uncoded quaternary transmission . the finite - state machine encoders and block decoders disclosed here can be implemented either by random logic or by read only memory blocks ( roms ). referring now to fig1 and 11 , a rom - based realization of the two 8b / 6q finite - state machine encoders described in tables 2 and 5 is shown . it consists of an 8 - bit input register 1 , a 2 - bit state register 2 , a 1k × 14 rom 3 , and a converter 4 . registers 1 and 2 are clocked at a rate of f s / 6 , where f s is the symbol rate . at the end of an encoder cycle , a 12 - bit code word is generated which is serialized and mapped into 6 quaternary symbols in converter 4 . decoding of the 8b / 6q codes is accomplished by a viterbi detector 5 in cascade witha block decoder 6 shown in fig1 . channel output samples are quantized to q bits . a serial - to - parallel converter , consisting of two q - bit registers 7 and 8 and a 2q - bit register9 , supplies a viterbi detector 5 with two q - bit channel output samples . registers 7 and 8 are clocked at a rate f s , whereas register 9 is clocked at a rate f s / 2 . viterbi detector 5 accepts the two q - bit samples and delivers four bits corresponding to delayed estimates of two quaternary symbols . the decision delay is equal to the path memory of the viterbi detector . three consecutive 4 - bit outputs of viterbi detector 5 stored in registers 10 , 11 , and 12 , respectively , are passed on to a 12 - bit register 13 whose content is interpreted as the 12 - bit address of a4k × 8 rom 6 . this rom 6 constitutes the block decoder . registers 10 , 11 , and 12 are clocked at a rate f s / 2 , whereas register 13 is clocked at a rate f s / 6 . the content of an 8 - bit output register 14 represents the transmitted data byte . the output register 14 is clocked ata rate f s / 6 . referring now to fig1 and 13 , a rom - based realization of the 9b / 6q finite - state machine encoder described in table 8 is shown . it consists ofa 9 - bit input register 15 , a 2 - bit state register 16 , a 2k × 14 rom 17 , and a converter 18 . at the end of an encoder cycle , a 12 - bit code word is generated which is serialized and mapped into 6 quaternary symbols by converter 18 . decoding of the 9b / 6q code is accomplished by a 12 - state viterbi detector 19 in cascade with a block decoder 20 , here a 4k × 9 rom , shown in fig1 . channel output samples are quantized to q bits . a serial to parallel converter , consisting of two q - bit registers 21 and 22 and a 2q - bit register 23 , supplies viterbi detector 19 with two q - bit channel output samples . registers 21 and 22 are clocked at a rate f s , whereas register 23 is clocked at a rate f s / 2 . viterbi detector 19 accepts the two q - bit samples and delivers four bits corresponding to delayed estimates of two quaternary symbols . the decision delay is equal to the path memory of the viterbi detector . three consecutive 4 - bit outputs of viterbi detector 19 stored in registers 24 , 25 , and 26 , respectively , are passed on to a 12 - bit register 27 whose content is interpreted as the 12 - bit address of a 4k × 9 rom 20 . this rom 20 constitutes the block decoder . registers 24 , 25 , and 26 are clocked at a rate f s / 2 , whereas register 27 is clocked at a rate f s / 6 . the content of a 9 - bit output register 28 represents the transmitted data byte . the output register 28 is clocked at a rate f s / 6 . while the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to preferred embodiments thereof , it will be understood by thoseskilled in the art that various changes in form and detail may be made therein without departing from the spirit , scope and teaching of the invention . accordingly , the invention herein disclosed is to be consideredmerely as illustrative and limited in scope only as specified in the appended claims . table 1______________________________________n c n c______________________________________4 1 . 0000 10 1 . 75735 1 . 2924 11 1 . 79336 1 . 4499 12 1 . 82187 1 . 5664 13 1 . 84478 1 . 6508 14 1 . 86359 1 . 7111 15 1 . 8790______________________________________ table 2______________________________________subtable 2 . 1 1 4______________________________________ 0 - 42 a ( 43 )/ 2 . sup .-- a ( 43 )/ 3 43 - 66 b ( 24 )/ 2 . sup .-- b ( 24 )/ 3 67 - 131 c ( 65 )/ 3 . sup .-- c ( 65 )/ 2132 - 153 d ( 22 )/ 1 . sup .-- d ( 22 )/ 4154 - 255 e ( 102 )/ 4 . sup .-- e ( 102 )/ 1______________________________________subtable 2 . 2 2 3______________________________________ 0 - 42 a ( 43 )/ 4 . sup .-- a ( 43 )/ 1 43 - 54 f ( 12 )/ 2 f ( 12 )/ 2 55 - 66 . sup .-- f ( 12 )/ 3 . sup .-- f ( 12 )/ 3 67 - 131 g ( 65 )/ 1 g ( 65 )/ 1132 - 196 . sup .-- g ( 65 )/ 4 . sup .-- g ( 65 )/ 4197 - 255 h ( 59 )/ 3 . sup .-- h ( 59 )/ 2______________________________________ table 3__________________________________________________________________________encoder tables : 8b6q 10 - state vd__________________________________________________________________________list a ( 43 ) 799 697 a57 6d6 a5a a5d a66 a69 6d9 676 a96 a99 69a a8a 69d 679 a2a 66d 6a6 6a9 967 96a 96d 75a 976 979 d5a 667 d66 d69 997 766 99a 99d d96 d99 769 9a6 9a9 9d6 9d9 66a 796list b ( 24 ) a2d a27 c6a c9a ca6 ca9 a93 a63 78a a87 a8d a36 a39 72a 6ca 757 75d d57 d5d 6a3 d8a 9a3 d2a 9calist c ( 65 ) e95 e98 e92 e86 e89 e1a e26 e29 7a5 a6c 7a8 a75 a78 7a2 a72 a9c aa5 aa8 aa2 7d5 6e5 ad5 ad8 ad2 ac6 ac9 6e8 6e2 b56 b59 b65 b68 b62 b4a b95 b98 b92 b86 b89 b1a b26 b29 6ac d75 6b5 da5 da8 da2 9ac dd5 9b5 9b8 775 9b2 6b8 e56 e59 9e5 e65 e68 9e8 e62 6b2 9e2 e4alist d ( 22 ) aa4 aa1 b55 b49 b94 b91 b85 b16 b19 b25 da4 da1 e55 e58 e52 e64 e61 e46 e49 e94 e91 e85list e ( 102 ) d76 d79 ad9 9b9 67a d97 d9a d9d 797 aca 6da da6 da9 9d7 79a 9da 9dd 69e a2b 79d a2e dd6 6dd dd9 9e6 66b 9e9 a3a 67d 75b b57 7a6 b5a 6b6 b5d 7a9 75e b66 677 b69 6e6 e57 e5a 96b e5d a5b 6b9 a5e e66 96e e69 767 6e9 a67 b96 76a b99 a6a 977 e96 a6d e99 97a 6a7 b8a e8a 97d a76 a79 76d 66e 7d6 6aa 7d9 e2a a97 a9a b2a 99b a9d 99e 776 aa6 69b aa9 9a7 779 9aa aa3 d5b d5e 9ad 6ad d67 a8b d6a caa 6d7 d6d a8e 9b6 ad6list f ( 12 ) a53 a47 a4a a4d a17 a1a a1d d1a d4a 71a 74a c5alist g ( 65 ) 5b4 5b1 5e4 5e1 674 671 6a4 6a1 6d4 6d1 6c5 755 758 752 764 761 746 749 794 791 785 716 719 725 974 971 9a4 9a1 9d4 9d1 9c5 a55 a58 a52 a64 a61 a46 a49 a94 a91 a85 a88 a82 a16 a19 a25 a28 a22 d55 d58 d52 d64 d61 d46 d49 d94 d91 d85 d16 d19 d25 c56 c59 c65 c95list h ( 59 ) a95 a98 a92 a86 a89 756 759 a26 a29 765 795 675 d56 d59 d65 d62 678 726 d95 729 d98 672 d92 d86 d89 d26 d29 c66 c69 6a5 96c c96 c39 975 ca5 6a8 978 972 6a2 99c 9a5 9a8 9a2 6d5 9d5 9d8 6d8 9d2 9c6 9c3 6d2 6c6 6c3 a56 a59 a5c a65 a68 a62__________________________________________________________________________ table 4__________________________________________________________________________0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9__________________________________________________________________________0 - 1 + 1 + 1 - 1 + 3 - 3 - 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 3 - 1 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 1 - 2 + 2 0 - 2 + 2 - 6 - 2 + 4 0 0 + 2 - 4 0 + 2 + 2 - 21 - 1 + 1 + 1 - 1 + 3 - 3 - 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 3 - 1 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 1 0 + 2 + 2 - 2 + 4 - 6 0 + 4 + 2 0 + 4 - 4 + 2 + 2 + 4 - 22 - 1 + 1 + 1 - 1 + 3 - 3 - 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 3 - 1 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 4 - 2 + 6 - 6 + 2 + 4 + 4 0 + 6 - 4 + 4 + 2 + 6 - 23 - 3 + 1 - 1 - 1 + 1 - 3 - 3 + 3 - 1 + 1 + 1 - 1 + 3 - 3 - 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 3 - 1 - 6 + 4 - 4 0 - 2 - 4 - 6 + 6 - 4 + 2 - 2 - 2 0 - 6 - 4 + 4 - 2 0 0 - 44 - 3 + 1 - 1 - 1 + 1 - 3 - 3 + 3 - 1 + 1 + 1 - 1 + 3 - 3 - 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 3 - 1 - 4 + 4 - 2 0 0 - 4 - 4 + 6 - 2 + 2 0 - 2 + 2 - 6 - 2 + 4 0 0 + 2 - 45 - 3 + 1 - 1 - 1 + 1 - 3 - 3 + 3 - 1 + 1 + 1 - 1 + 3 - 3 - 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 3 - 1 - 2 + 4 0 0 + 2 - 4 - 2 + 6 0 + 2 + 2 - 2 + 4 - 6 0 + 4 + 2 0 + 4 - 46 - 3 + 1 - 1 - 1 + 1 - 3 - 3 + 3 - 1 + 1 + 1 - 1 + 3 - 3 - 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 3 - 1 0 + 4 + 2 0 + 4 - 4 0 + 6 + 2 + 2 + 4 - 2 + 6 - 6 + 2 + 4 + 4 0 + 6 - 47 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 3 + 1 - 1 - 1 + 1 - 3 - 3 + 3 - 1 + 1 + 1 - 1 - 6 + 2 - 4 - 2 - 6 + 4 - 4 0 - 2 - 4 - 6 + 6 - 4 + 2 - 2 - 28 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 3 + 1 - 1 - 1 + 1 - 3 - 3 + 3 - 1 + 1 + 1 - 1 - 4 + 2 - 2 - 2 - 4 + 4 - 2 0 0 - 4 - 4 + 6 - 2 + 2 0 - 29 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 3 + 1 - 1 - 1 + 1 - 3 - 3 + 3 - 1 + 1 + 1 - 1 - 2 + 2 0 - 2 - 2 + 4 0 0 + 2 - 4 - 2 + 6 0 + 2 + 2 - 2__________________________________________________________________________ table 5______________________________________subtable 5 . 2 1 4______________________________________ 0 - 31 a ( 32 )/ 2 . sup .-- a ( 32 )/ 3 32 - 47 b ( 16 )/ 2 . sup .-- b ( 16 )/ 3 48 - 94 c ( 47 )/ 3 . sup .-- c ( 47 )/ 2 95 - 140 d ( 46 )/ 1 . sup .-- d ( 46 )/ 4141 - 255 e ( 115 )/ 4 . sup .-- e ( 115 )/ 1______________________________________subtable 5 . 1 2 3______________________________________ 0 - 31 a ( 32 )/ 4 . sup .-- a ( 32 )/ 1 32 - 71 f ( 40 )/ 4 . sup .-- f ( 40 )/ 1 72 - 81 g ( 10 )/ 2 g ( 10 )/ 2 82 - 91 . sup .-- g ( 10 )/ 3 . sup .-- g ( 10 )/ 3 92 - 153 h ( 62 )/ 1 h ( 62 )/ 1154 - 215 . sup .-- h ( 62 )/ 4 . sup .-- h ( 62 )/ 4216 - 255 i ( 40 )/ 3 . sup .-- i ( 40 )/ 2______________________________________ table 6__________________________________________________________________________encoder tables : 8b6q 8 - state vd__________________________________________________________________________list a ( 32 ) a96 66a a69 a66 66d 96d 99d d5a d5d 99a d2a d2d 9a9 6a9 6a6 d99 d96 d69 d66 9a6 6d9 6d6 96a a5a a5d 69a a2a a2d 69d 9d9 9d6 a99list b ( 16 ) d8a d8d a8a a8d 9ca 9cd 6ca 6cd c9a c9d c6a c6d ca9 ca6 cd9 cd6list c ( 47 ) e4a e4d e1a e1d e59 e56 aa5 aa2 e29 e26 ad5 e95 e92 ad2 e65 e62 9b5 a75 e35 a72 9b2 9e5 9e2 cb5 da5 da2 dd5 ce5 d75 d72 b4a b4d 6b5 b1a b1d 6b2 b59 b56 6e5 b29 b26 6e2 b95 b92 b65 b62 b35list d ( 46 ) aa4 aa1 ad4 ad1 a74 a71 da4 da1 d74 d71 b49 b46 b19 b16 b55 b52 b58 b25 b22 b28 b94 b91 b64 b61 e49 e46 e19 e16 e55 e52 e58 e25 e22 e28 e94 e91 e64 e61 9b4 9b1 9e4 9e1 6b4 6b1 6e4 6e1list e ( 115 ) ca7 6dd b69 b66 b63 ad9 ad6 6d7 b36 9aa 9ad 9a7 a79 a76 e4b e4e a73 cda 9b9 e1b e1e 6b9 d5b d5e 6b6 6b3 e5a e5d e57 cb6 d2b d2e e2a e27 9b6 66b 66e 9b3 e99 e96 d8b d8e ce6 e69 e66 e63 6e9 6e6 6e3 e36 d9a d9d d97 9ce 99b a5b a5e 96b d6a d6d d67 96e 6cb c9b c9e da9 da6 da3 a2b a2e 6ce 9e9 dd9 dd6 9e6 9e3 99e a8b d79 d76 a8e c6b c6e 9da 6aa b4b b4e 6ad a9a a9d a97 6a7 b1b b1e 9dd 9d7 a6a b5a b5d b57 a6d a67 9cb 69b 69e b2a b27 6da aa9 aa6 aa3 b99 b96 caa cadlist f ( 40 ) 757 75a 75d 72a 72d 727 799 796 793 769 766 763 739 736 979 976 973 679 676 697 667 a57 a27 d57 d27 967 997 a39 a36 d39 d36 9a3 a93 a63 9d3 d93 d63 6a3 6d3 673list g ( 10 ) a4a a4d a1a a1d 8b5 8b2 8e5 8e2 2b5 2e5list h ( 62 ) 8b4 8b1 8e4 8e1 9a4 9a1 9d4 9d1 974 971 6a4 6a1 6d4 6d1 674 671 a49 a46 a4c a19 a16 a1c a55 a52 a58 a25 a22 a28 a94 a91 a64 a61 a34 a31 d49 d46 d19 d16 d55 d52 d58 d25 d94 d91 d64 d61 749 746 719 716 755 752 758 725 794 791 764 761 5b4 5b1 5e4 5e1list i ( 40 ) a59 a56 a29 a26 a95 a92 a65 a62 a35 a32 d59 d56 9a5 9a2 d29 d26 9d5 d95 d92 9d2 d65 d62 975 d35 972 759 756 729 726 795 792 765 762 735 6a5 6a2 6d5 6d2 675 672__________________________________________________________________________ table 7__________________________________________________________________________0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7__________________________________________________________________________0 - 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