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imdd_silas/Classes/04_DSP/Sequence Detection/MLSE.m
Silas Oettinghaus 7085ba0931 Gif stuff
nonlinear MLSE investigation
trying hard to implment ML-based pre Equalization to find the branch metrics
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classdef MLSE < handle
%MLSE calculates the most probable sequence for an input signal with given/ known channel impulse response of any length
properties(Access=public)
M %PAM-M
DIR
trellis_states
duobinary_output
trellis_state_mode
trellis_exclusion
debug
scale_mode
end
methods (Access=public)
function obj = MLSE(options)
%NAME Construct an instance of this class
% Detailed explanation goes here
arguments
options.M double = 4;
options.DIR double = [1];
options.trellis_states double = [-3 -1 1 3];
options.duobinary_output logical = false;
options.trellis_state_mode = 2;
options.trellis_exclusion = 0;
options.scale_mode = 2;
options.debug = 0;
end
%
fn = fieldnames(options);
for n = 1:numel(fn)
try
obj.(fn{n}) = options.(fn{n});
end
end
end
function [signalclass_hd,LLR,GMI] = process(obj,signalclass,ref_symbolclass)
arguments
obj
signalclass
ref_symbolclass
end
data_in = signalclass.signal;
shape_in = size(data_in);
data_ref = ref_symbolclass.signal;
[data_out_hd,LLR,GMI] = obj.process_(data_in,data_ref);
try
data_out_hd = reshape(data_out_hd,shape_in(1),shape_in(2));
catch
warning('output reshaping failed after MLSE');
end
signalclass_hd = signalclass;
signalclass_hd.signal = data_out_hd;
% signalclass_sd = signalclass;
% signalclass_sd.signal = data_out_sd;
end
function [VITERBI_ESTIMATION_SYMBOLS,LLR_maxlogmap,GMI] = process_(obj,data_in,data_ref)
arguments
obj
data_in
data_ref
end
debug = obj.debug;
trellis_state_mode = obj.trellis_state_mode; % General: States should match the target states of the prev. EQ (EQ's job was to reduce the error between signal and the target)
% 0 = use provided states (MUST provide the correct states);
% 1 = normalize to = 1 rms;
% 2 = use target symbols;
% 3 = use statistical levels
% 3 analyzes avg of rx signal levels - can help with nonlinear impairments
trellis_exclusion = obj.trellis_exclusion; % PAM-6 only (only if data is NOT precoded!)
scale_mode = obj.scale_mode; % scale_mode:
% 0 = no scaling,
% 1 = RMS→scale MODEL,
% 2 = MMSE/time-corr→scale MODEL,
% 3 = RMS→scale DATA,
% 4 = MMSE/time-corr→scale DATA
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%%% PREPARATIONS %%%%%%%%
% remove unnecessary zeros at start of impulse response to keep
% number of trellis states minimal
DIR_nonzero = find(obj.DIR ~= 0);
if DIR_nonzero(1) > 1
obj.DIR(1:DIR_nonzero(1)-1) = [];
end
if isscalar(obj.DIR)
obj.DIR = [0 obj.DIR];
end
% impulse respnse to remove from signal
obj.DIR = flip(obj.DIR); %i.e. -0.2676 -0.0478 1.0000
tx_bits = PAMmapper(obj.M,0,"eth_style",0).demap(data_ref);
% Trellis States
if trellis_state_mode == 1 % Normalize the Trellis states to =1 RMS
obj.trellis_states = obj.trellis_states ./ rms(obj.trellis_states);
elseif trellis_state_mode == 2 %simply use the states from the ref signal (should be a robust option)
obj.trellis_states = reshape(unique(data_ref),size(obj.trellis_states));
elseif trellis_state_mode == 3 %use_statistical_levels
%%%% Separate the equalized signal into the respective levels based on the actually transmitted level
constellation = unique(data_ref);
% find actual levels from rx signal
symbols_for_lvl = NaN(numel(constellation),length(data_ref));
for l = 1:numel(constellation)
level_amplitude = constellation(l);
symbols_for_lvl(l,data_ref==level_amplitude) = data_in(data_ref==level_amplitude);
end
%replace the trellis states
avg_levels = mean(symbols_for_lvl,2,'omitnan');
obj.trellis_states = sort(avg_levels)';
%also replace the whole ref signal (PAM-M) levels
[~, idx] = ismember(data_ref, unique(data_ref));
data_ref = avg_levels(idx);
end
% seems to be the only way to use combvec for a flexible amount
% of vectors. 'combs' contains all trellis states
pre_comb_mat = repmat(obj.trellis_states,length(obj.DIR)-1,1);
pre_comb_cell = mat2cell(pre_comb_mat,ones(1,size(pre_comb_mat,1)),size(pre_comb_mat,2));
combs = fliplr(combvec(pre_comb_cell{:}).');
first_sym = combs(:,1); % das ist das älteste/ trailing Symbol aus der sequenz
last_sym = combs(:,end); %hiermit wird entschieden/ das ist das cursor symbol am ende der sequenz
states = sum(combs,2);
nStates = length(last_sym);
% % Calculate all possible input symbols for the desired impulse
% % response. Row number is the index of the previous state,
% % column number is the index of the next state
% % noise free received == branch metrics
% assumes: last_sym = combs(:,end); % already defined earlier
levels = sort(unique(obj.trellis_states(:)).');
edges = [levels(1) levels(end)]; % edge levels (0 and 5 in PAM6)
noise_free_received = inf(nStates,nStates); % rows: to, cols: from
edge_edge_mask = false(nStates,nStates); % rows: to, cols: from
for from = 1:nStates
for to = 1:nStates
% valid transition if shift-register overlap holds
if all(combs(to,2:end) == combs(from,1:end-1))
% noiseless sample for the 'to' state reached from 'from'
noise_free_received(to,from) = ...
dot(combs(to,:), obj.DIR(end:-1:2)) + last_sym(from)*obj.DIR(1);
% mark edge→edge candidate (to be excluded only on even→odd steps)
edge_edge_mask(to,from) = ...
(last_sym(from)==edges(1) || last_sym(from)==edges(2)) && ...
(last_sym(to) ==edges(1) || last_sym(to) ==edges(2));
end
end
end
h = flip(obj.DIR(:)).';
data_in = data_in(:);
y_ideal = conv(data_ref(:), h, "same");
switch scale_mode
case 0
g = 1; b = 0;
case 1 % RMS: scale model to data
g = rms(data_in)/rms(y_ideal); b = mean(data_in) - g*mean(y_ideal);
case 2 % MMSE/time-corr: scale states to data
[c,lags] = xcorr(data_in(:), y_ideal, 64);
[~,ix] = max(abs(c));
lag = lags(ix);
y_ideal = circshift(y_ideal, lag);
mu_y = mean(data_in(:));
mu_i = mean(y_ideal);
y_c = data_in(:)-mu_y;
yi_c = y_ideal-mu_i;
g = (yi_c'*y_c)/(yi_c'*yi_c);
b = mu_y - g*mu_i;
case 3 % RMS flipped: scale data to model
gd = rms(y_ideal)/rms(data_in); bd = mean(y_ideal) - gd*mean(data_in);
data_in = gd*data_in + bd;
g = 1; b = 0;
case 4 % MMSE/time-corr flipped: scale data to states
[c,lags] = xcorr(data_in(:), y_ideal(:), 64);
[~,ix] = max(abs(c));
lag = lags(ix);
y_ideal = circshift(y_ideal(:), lag);
mu_y = mean(data_in(:));
mu_i = mean(y_ideal);
y_c = data_in(:) - mu_y; % data_in centered
yi_c = y_ideal - mu_i; % ideal centered
g = (y_c' * yi_c) / (y_c' * y_c);
b = mu_i - g * mu_y;
data_in = g * data_in(:) + b;
g = 1; b = 0;
end
% apply (g,b) to model and compute common sigma
noise_free_received = g*noise_free_received + b;
last_sym = g*last_sym + b;
sigma2 = mean(abs(data_in - (g*y_ideal + b)).^2);
inv2s2 = 1/(2*sigma2);
if debug
figure(100); clf; hold on
showLevelScatter(data_in, data_ref, "fignum", 100);
yline(noise_free_received(:), 'DisplayName','Transition States','Color','red','HandleVisibility','off');
yline(obj.trellis_states(:), 'DisplayName','Transition States','Color','green','LineWidth',2,'HandleVisibility','off')
end
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%% FORWARD PASS (VITERBI -Alpha's) %%%%%
% Initialize the output vector
pm = zeros(nStates,nStates);
bm_fw = zeros(nStates,nStates,length(data_in));
% first start is evaluated without ISI/ wihout the full Impulse response
% so simply use the constellation here
bm = -(data_in(1) - last_sym).^2 * inv2s2;
pm = pm + bm;
[alpha(:,1),pm_survivor_fw_idx(:,1)] = max(pm,[],2);
pm = repmat(alpha(:,1).',nStates,1);
bm_fw(:,:,1) = pm;
% Forward Recursion (FSM Computation)
for n = 2:length(data_in)
bm = -(data_in(n) - noise_free_received).^2 * inv2s2;
% exclude edge→edge transitions only for even->odd steps && PAM-6
if mod(n,2) == 0 && obj.M == 6 && trellis_exclusion
bm(edge_edge_mask) = -Inf;
end
pm = pm + bm;
[alpha(:,n),pm_survivor_fw_idx(:,n)] = max(pm,[],2); % choose lowest path metric as new state (get min distance for all state transitions towards a new state)
pm = repmat(alpha(:,n).',nStates,1); % update pm (chosen state to 2nd dimension -> FROM state)
bm_fw(:,:,n) = bm;
end
% we can now get the best path as min
viterbi_path = NaN(1,length(data_in));
% find ideal trellis path by going through the trellis backwards
[~,viterbi_path(length(data_in))] = max(alpha(:,length(data_in)));
for n = length(data_in):-1:2
viterbi_path(n-1) = pm_survivor_fw_idx(viterbi_path(n),n);
end
if debug
% alpha_ = alpha - min(alpha) + eps;
% figure();hold on;
% n = 10;
% scatter(1:n,obj.trellis_states(repmat([1:numel(obj.trellis_states)]',1,n)),abs(alpha_(:,end-n+1:end)),'Marker','o','LineWidth',1);
% scatter(1:n,obj.trellis_states(viterbi_path(end-n+1:end)),500,'Marker','x','LineWidth',1,'MarkerEdgeColor','green');
% % scatter(1:n,data_ref(end-n+1:end),500,'Marker','x','LineWidth',1,'MarkerEdgeColor','red');
% yticks(obj.trellis_states);
% ylim([min(obj.trellis_states)-1 max(obj.trellis_states)+1]);
%% ----- Build true path from known sequence (data_ref) -----
% Memory length used by VA (L = length(obj.DIR)-1 symbols stored in state)
L = size(combs,2); % each row of combs is the L-tap state vector
N = length(data_in);
% Map each trellis level to an index (1..M)
[~, level_to_idx] = ismember(levels, levels); %#ok<ASGLU> % identity map
[ok_ref, ref_idx] = ismember(data_ref(:).', levels);
if ~all(ok_ref)
warning('Some data_ref symbols are not in "levels". True-path build may fail.');
end
% Precompute next_state(from_state, u_idx) LUT such that:
% combs(next_state,:) == [ combs(from_state,2:end) , levels(u_idx) ]
next_state = zeros(size(combs,1), numel(levels), 'uint32');
for from = 1:size(combs,1)
prefix = combs(from,2:end); % what must match in 'to' for a valid transition
for ui = 1:numel(levels)
target = [prefix, levels(ui)];
% find the unique 'to' whose state vector equals target
to = find(all(bsxfun(@eq, combs, target), 2), 1, 'first');
if isempty(to), to = 0; end
next_state(from, ui) = to;
end
end
% Initialize true path at n=1: pick any state with last_sym == data_ref(1)
% Prefer one whose suffix matches the first available history if L>1.
cand = find(last_sym == data_ref(1));
if isempty(cand)
% fallback: choose closest in amplitude (should not happen if levels match)
[~,ix] = min(abs(last_sym - data_ref(1)));
cand = ix;
end
true_state_path = zeros(1,N,'uint32');
true_state_path(1) = cand(1);
% Propagate forward using the known inputs data_ref(n)
for n = 2:N
ui = ref_idx(n); % index of the actual transmitted level at time n
from = true_state_path(n-1);
if from==0 || ui==0
true_state_path(n) = 0;
else
true_state_path(n) = next_state(from, ui);
if true_state_path(n)==0
% Safety fallback: if no valid transition found (should not happen)
% choose any to-state whose vector matches shift+current symbol
target = [combs(from,2:end), levels(ui)];
to = find(all(bsxfun(@eq, combs, target), 2), 1, 'first');
if isempty(to), to = from; end
true_state_path(n) = to;
end
end
end
%% ----- Collect branch metrics along decoded vs. true path -----
bm_decoded = nan(1,N);
bm_true = nan(1,N);
% n=1 in your code stores pm into bm_fw(:,:,1); real BMs start at n>=2
for n = 2:N
% Decoded path: to = viterbi_path(n), from = survivor that fed it
to_d = viterbi_path(n);
from_d = pm_survivor_fw_idx(to_d, n);
bm_decoded(n) = bm_fw(to_d, from_d, n);
% True path: transition true_state_path(n-1) -> true_state_path(n)
to_t = true_state_path(n);
from_t = true_state_path(n-1);
if to_t>0 && from_t>0
bm_true(n) = bm_fw(to_t, from_t, n);
end
end
% Convert to "cost" for intuitive plotting (your BM is a log-likelihood)
cost_dec = -bm_decoded;
cost_true= -bm_true;
%% ----- Plot a short window for clarity -----
win = max(2, N-20000):N; % last 200 samples (adjust as needed)
figure('Color','w'); hold on; grid on; box on;
plot(win, cost_true(win), 'LineWidth',1.2, 'DisplayName','True path cost (BM)');
plot(win, cost_dec(win), 'LineWidth',1.2, 'DisplayName','Decoded path cost (BM)');
xlabel('Time index n'); ylabel('Branch cost'); title('Branch metrics along true vs decoded path');
legend('Location','best');
%% ----- Optional: overlay symbol levels for the same window -----
yyaxis right
plot(win, data_in(win), ':', 'LineWidth',0.8, 'DisplayName','y(n)');
ylabel('Amplitude');
end
VITERBI_ESTIMATION_SYMBOLS(1:length(data_in)) = first_sym(viterbi_path);
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%% BACKWARD PASS (Beta's) %%%%%
% Initialize the output vector
pm = zeros(nStates,nStates);
beta = zeros(nStates,length(data_in));
pm_survivor_bw_idx = zeros(nStates,length(data_in));
bm_bw = zeros(nStates,nStates,length(data_in));
% starting with the state that has the lowest sum path
% metric, follow the stored information about the
% predecessor
for h = length(data_in)-1:-1:1
bm = -(data_in(h+1) - noise_free_received).^2 * inv2s2;
% exclude edge→edge transitions only for even->odd steps && PAM-6
if mod(h+1, 2) == 0 && obj.M == 6 && trellis_exclusion
bm(edge_edge_mask) = -Inf;
end
pm = pm + bm.';
[beta(:,h),pm_survivor_bw_idx(:,h)] = max(pm,[],2); % choose lowest path metric as new state
pm = repmat(beta(:,h).',nStates,1); % update pm (chosen state to 2nd dimension -> FROM state)
bm_bw(:,:,h) = bm;
end
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%% FORWARD PASS PAM 2,4,8 (Combine Alpha and Beta to yield LLP's) %%%%%
%calc the log probabilities (llp's)
for k = 1:length(data_in)
if k == 1
alpha_ = repmat(alpha(:,k)',[nStates,1])';
beta_ = beta(:,k);
LLP(:,k) = max(alpha_ + beta_,[],2);
else
alpha_ = repmat(alpha(:,k-1)',[nStates,1])';
gamma_ = bm_fw(:,:,k)';
beta_ = beta(:,k);
LLP(:,k) = max(alpha_ + gamma_,[],1) + beta_';
end
end
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%% FORWARD PASS PAM2,4,8 %%%%%
% These are interchangeable... second is chatgpt:
nml_LLP = LLP - max(LLP); %subtract highest value for better numerical stability, LLP's are not always close to zero
expLLP = exp(nml_LLP);
state_prob = expLLP ./ sum(expLLP); % sums to one (or numerically close to one)
% compute symbolposteriors from LLP in the logdomain:
amax = max(LLP,[],1);
logZ = amax + log(sum(exp(LLP - amax), 1));
logPstate = LLP - logZ; % still in logdomain
state_prob = exp(logPstate); % exact, sums to 1
if obj.M == 6
num_bits = 5;
% all possible transitions (for now 36, including the "edges"
% of the QAM 32 constellation)
states = PAMmapper(6,0,"eth_style",0).levels;
pam6transitions = combvec(states,states)'; % pam6transitions =
% [-5 -5;
% -3 -5;
% -1 -5; ...
pam6bits = PAMmapper(6,0,"eth_style",0).demap(reshape(pam6transitions',[],1)./sqrt(10));
pam6bits = reshape(pam6bits',5,[])';
[ok1, idx_sym_1] = ismember(pam6transitions(:,1), states);
[ok2, idx_sym_2] = ismember(pam6transitions(:,2), states);
assert(all(ok1)&all(ok2), 'Some transition amplitude not found in trellis_states')
pam6ind = [idx_sym_1, idx_sym_2];
tx_bits_pam6_reshaped = reshape(tx_bits,5,[])'; % N x 5
numPairs = floor(size(LLP,2)/2);
LLR_exact = zeros(numPairs,5);
LLR_maxlogmap = zeros(numPairs,5);
for k = 1:numPairs
symbol1 = 2*k-1;
symbol2 = 2*k;
LLP1 = LLP (:,symbol1);
LLP2 = LLP (:,symbol2);
prob1 = state_prob(:,symbol1);
prob2 = state_prob(:,symbol2);
% 36 jointmetrics M = log P(i)*P(j) = L1(i)+L2(j)
Mij = LLP1(pam6ind(:,1)) + LLP2(pam6ind(:,2));
pij = prob1(pam6ind(:,1)) .* prob2(pam6ind(:,2));
% now for each of the 5 bits do exact-LLR or max-log
for b = 1:num_bits
idx_sym_1 = pam6bits(:,b)==1;
idx_bit_1 = pam6bits(:,b)==0;
%--- exact LLR from probabilities
P1 = sum(pij(idx_sym_1));
P0 = sum(pij(idx_bit_1));
LLR_exact(k,b) = log(P1./P0);
%--- max-log:
LLR_maxlogmap(k,b) = max( Mij(idx_sym_1) ) - max( Mij(idx_bit_1) ); % N x num_bits
end
end
MI = zeros(1, num_bits);
for k = 1:num_bits
idx_bit_1 = (tx_bits_pam6_reshaped(:,k) == 0); %wo sind die 1en
idx_sym_1 = (tx_bits_pam6_reshaped(:,k) == 1); %wo sind die 0en
%LLR's for all actually transmitted ones or zeros
llr0 = LLR_exact(idx_bit_1,k);
llr1 = LLR_exact(idx_sym_1,k);
% Calculate mutual information for bit position k
I0 = mean(log2(1 + exp(llr0))); % exp(--LLR) = exp(positive) > 1
I1 = mean(log2(1 + exp(-llr1))); % exp(-+LLR) = exp(negative) < 1
MI(k) = 1 - 0.5 * (I0 + I1);
end
GMI = sum(MI); % Total mutual information per symbol
GMI = GMI/2;
else
% Number of symbols and bits per symbol
num_bits = log2(length(obj.trellis_states)); % 2 bits per symbol
% bit_mapping = PAMmapper(length(obj.trellis_states),0,"eth_style",0).demap(first_sym./rms(first_sym));
bit_mapping = PAMmapper(length(obj.trellis_states),0,"eth_style",0).showBitMapping;
% Initialize LLR storage
LLR_maxlogmap = zeros(length(data_in),num_bits);
LLR_exact = zeros(length(data_in),num_bits);
% Compute bit-wise LLRs
for bit_idx = 1:num_bits
% Find indices where bit is 0 and where it is 1
idx_bit_0 = bit_mapping(:,bit_idx) == 0;
idx_bit_1 = bit_mapping(:,bit_idx) == 1;
% Sum over log-probabilities
% Max-Log approximation: using max instead of sum)
LLR_maxlogmap(:,bit_idx) = max(LLP(idx_bit_1,:), [], 1) - max(LLP(idx_bit_0,:), [], 1);
% Sum probabilities over states for which the bit is 1 and 0, respectively.
P0 = sum(state_prob(idx_bit_0, :),1);
P1 = sum(state_prob(idx_bit_1, :),1);
LLR_exact(:,bit_idx) = log(P1./P0); % N x num_bits
end
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%% CALC NGMI %%%%%
MI = zeros(1, num_bits);
LLR_exact = LLR_exact;
for k = 1:num_bits
idx_bit_0 = (tx_bits(:,k) == 0); %wo sind die 1en
idx_bit_1 = (tx_bits(:,k) == 1); %wo sind die 0en
%LLR's for all actually transmitted ones or zeros
llr0 = LLR_exact(idx_bit_0,k);
llr1 = LLR_exact(idx_bit_1,k);
% Calculate mutual information for bit position k
I0 = mean(log2(1 + exp(llr0))); % exp(--LLR) = exp(positive) > 1
I1 = mean(log2(1 + exp(-llr1))); % exp(-+LLR) = exp(negative) < 1
MI(k) = 1 - 0.5 * (I0 + I1);
end
GMI = sum(MI); % Total mutual information for 2 symbols
end
VITERBI_ESTIMATION_SYMBOLS = VITERBI_ESTIMATION_SYMBOLS./rms(VITERBI_ESTIMATION_SYMBOLS);
if debug
%%% DEBUG PLOT LIKELIHOOD RATIOS %%%
figure(115);clf
subplot(2,1,1)
for bit = 1:num_bits
hold on;
histogram(LLR_exact(:,bit),1000,"DisplayName",sprintf('Actual LLR of Bit Pos %d',bit),'LineStyle','none','FaceAlpha',0.4);
end
legend
subplot(2,1,2)
for bit = 1:num_bits
hold on;
histogram(LLR_maxlogmap(:,bit),1000,"DisplayName",sprintf('Max Log LLR of Bit Pos %d',bit),'LineStyle','none','FaceAlpha',0.4);
end
legend
end
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%% CHECK BER's %%%%%
if debug
tx_bits = reshape(tx_bits',[],1);
fprintf('\n')
disp('Start DEBUG MLSE:')
% DECIDE based on Viterbi traceback
VITERBI_ESTIMATION_SYMBOLS = VITERBI_ESTIMATION_SYMBOLS./rms(VITERBI_ESTIMATION_SYMBOLS);
rx_bits = PAMmapper(obj.M,0,"eth_style",0).demap(VITERBI_ESTIMATION_SYMBOLS');
rx_bits = reshape(rx_bits',[],1);
[~,numErr,ber_viterbi,~] = calc_ber(rx_bits,tx_bits,"skip_front",100,"skip_end",150,"returnErrorLocation",1);
fprintf('Viterbi BER: %.2e \n',ber_viterbi);
fprintf('Viterbi Errors = %d\n', numErr);
pairs = reshape(VITERBI_ESTIMATION_SYMBOLS,2,[]).';
levels = sort(unique(VITERBI_ESTIMATION_SYMBOLS));
isedge = ismember(pairs, [levels(1) levels(end)]);
isforbidden = sum(isedge,2)==2;
fprintf('Found %d forbidden transitions (even→odd edges).\n', nnz(isforbidden));
% Convert LLR values to a hard-decision bit stream
bit_stream = LLR_maxlogmap > 0; %ratio separates lower or higher than =0 -> simply decode for the negative values
bit_stream = reshape(bit_stream',[],1);
[~,~,ber_llr,~] = calc_ber(bit_stream,tx_bits,"skip_front",100,"skip_end",150,"returnErrorLocation",1);
fprintf('LLR MaxLogMAP BER : %.2e \n',ber_llr);
% Convert LLR values to a hard-decision bit stream
bit_stream = LLR_exact > 0; %ratio separates lower or higher than =0 -> simply decode for the negative value
bit_stream = reshape(bit_stream',[],1);
[~,~,ber_llr,~] = calc_ber(bit_stream,tx_bits,"skip_front",100,"skip_end",150,"returnErrorLocation",1);
fprintf('LLR BER : %.2e \n',ber_llr);
% DECIDE based on lowest LLP index and check BER
[~,llp_based_state_seq]=max(LLP);
LLP_EST(1:length(data_in)) = first_sym(llp_based_state_seq);
LLP_EST = LLP_EST./rms(LLP_EST);
rx_bits = PAMmapper(obj.M,0,"eth_style",0).demap(LLP_EST');
rx_bits = reshape(rx_bits',[],1);
[~,~,ber_llp,~] = calc_ber(rx_bits,tx_bits,"skip_front",100,"skip_end",150,"returnErrorLocation",1);
fprintf('LLP BER : %.2e \n',ber_llp);
% directly decide based on the FW path metrics
[~,fw_direct_state_seq]=max(alpha);
FW_EST(1:length(data_in)) = first_sym(fw_direct_state_seq);
FW_EST = FW_EST./rms(FW_EST);
rx_bits = PAMmapper(obj.M,0,"eth_style",0).demap(FW_EST');
rx_bits = reshape(rx_bits',[],1);
[~,~,ber_fw,~] = calc_ber(rx_bits,tx_bits,"skip_front",100,"skip_end",150,"returnErrorLocation",1);
fprintf('FW BER : %.2e \n',ber_fw);
disp('Stop DEBUG MLSE:')
fprintf('\n')
end
end
end
end