{HEAD ~ A symbol detector} converts initial symbol estimates of received symbols to {TAIL ~ soft estimates} for decoding 
{ HEAD ~ A symbol detector } converts initial symbol estimates of received symbols to { TAIL ~ soft estimates } for decoding
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