Citation
Abstract
Viterbi decoding of X-band Mariner Venus—Mercury 1973 (MVM’73) spacecraft data using both a hardware Viterbi decoder and a software Viterbi decoder resulted in a significant and previously unexplained difference in decoded bit error rates. This difference is explained by foldover effects which arose when the 6-bit recorded data were reduced to the required 3-bit decoder input data in the hardware Viterbi decoder.
Details
- Volume
- 42-34
- Published
- August 15, 1976
- Pages
- 27–32
- File Size
- 421.1 KB