Which error multiplication occurs when intersymbol interference corrupts signals?

💡 Explanation

The Viterbi decoder attempts to find the most likely transmitted sequence, but due to intersymbol interference its path diverges when incorrect decisions cascade early; this is because of error propagation, therefore error multiplication significantly increases rather than single isolated bit flips through incorrect pulse decoding.

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