Comparative study of turbo decoding techniques: an overview

Author

Woodard, Jason P. ; Hanzo, Lajos

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Sci., Southampton Univ., UK

Volume

49

Issue

6

fYear

2000

fDate

11/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2208

Lastpage

2233

Abstract

We provide an overview of the novel class of channel codes referred to as turbo codes, which have been shown to be capable of performing close to the Shannon limit. We commence with a discussion on turbo encoding, and then move on to describing the form of the iterative decoder most commonly used to decode turbo codes. We then elaborate on various decoding algorithms that can be used in an iterative decoder, and give an example of the operation of such a decoder using the so-called soft output Viterbi (1996) algorithm (SOVA). Lastly, the effect of a range of system parameters is investigated in a systematic fashion, in order to gauge their performance ramifications

Keywords

Gaussian channels; Rayleigh channels; Viterbi decoding; channel coding; iterative decoding; reviews; turbo codes; Gaussian channels; MAP algorithm; Rayleigh channels; SOVA; Shannon limit; channel codes; decoding algorithms; iterative decoder; performance; soft output Viterbi algorithm; system parameters; turbo codes; turbo decoding techniques; Bit error rate; Computer science; Delay systems; Iterative algorithms; Iterative decoding; Land mobile radio; Multimedia communication; Performance gain; Turbo codes; Viterbi algorithm;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9545

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/25.901892

Filename

901892