US PATENT SUBCLASS 714 / 794
.~.~ Maximum likelihood

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714 /   HD   ERROR DETECTION/CORRECTION AND FAULT DETECTION/RECOVERY

746  DF  DIGITAL DATA ERROR CORRECTION {5}
786  DF  .~ Forward error correction by tree code (e.g., convolutional) {9}
794.~.~ Maximum likelihood

DEFINITION

Classification: 714/794

Maximum likelihood:

(under subclass 786) Subject matter where a decoder selects the sequence out of all the possible transmitted sequences which is most likely to match the received data sequence and determines corresponding digital (data) information.

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791, for a sequential decoder.

795, for Viterbi decoding.

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375, Pulse or Digital Communications,

262, and 341 for maximum likelihood decoding (other than for error correction) in pulse or digital communication.