DEMODULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR

摘要

A digital communication system (20) includes a decoder (42) for decoding a punctured convolutionally encoded data stream from an encoder (28). The decoder includes a phase estimator (92) for generating phase estimate values, a depuncture circuit (112) for periodically generating erasure values responsive to the phase estimate values, and a convolutional decoder for decoding the erasure values.