Title :
On the effective free distance of turbo codes
Author :
Yoscovich, Ilan ; Snyders, Jakov
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. Syst., Tel Aviv Univ., Israel
Abstract :
An expression for the Hamming weight of the (L+1)th order output of a constituent encoder is derived. This expression enables the determination of the inputs that produce outputs of finite weight. It also facilitates the calculation of the (L+1)th order effective free distance (i.e., minimum output weight) dL+1 of the encoder. Expressions and bounds for dL+1 and in particular for d2 and d3 are presented
Keywords :
turbo codes; Hamming weight; constituent encoder; effective free distance; minimum output weight; turbo codes; Artificial intelligence; Autocorrelation; Equations; Polynomials; Shift registers; Turbo codes;
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory Workshop, 1998
Conference_Location :
Killarney
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4408-1
DOI :
10.1109/ITW.1998.706465