System and method for shared decoding

Pulse or digital communications – Receivers – Particular pulse demodulator or detector

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ABSTRACT:
An apparatus is described comprising: a decoder which decodes a plurality of data streams, the decoder having a state associated with each of the data streams; and state restoration logic to restore the decoder's state upon switching from decoding one data stream to another data stream.

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