Free distance computation of turbo BCH codes

Author

Vafi, Sina

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng. & IT, Charles Darwin Univ., Darwin, NT, Australia

fYear

2009

fDate

13-16 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1697

Lastpage

1701

Abstract

The paper presents an algorithm for the free distance determination of turbo Bose Ray Chaudhuri Hocquenghem (BCH) codes constructed by row-column interleavers. The algorithm calculates the minimum weights of turbo BCH codes obtained from input bitstreams having different weights. Among the minimum weights calculated in different cases, the minimum one is being considered as the free distance of turbo BCH codes. This is being achieved applying specifications of the interleaver and constituent BCH codes. Based on the computed free distances, the upper bound of probability of error for different turbo BCH codes is determined. It agrees with simulation results of the code performance in the error floor region.

Keywords

BCH codes; error statistics; forward error correction; interleaved codes; turbo codes; Bose Ray Chaudhuri Hocquenghem codes; error probability; forward error correction; free distance computation; row-column interleavers; turbo BCH codes; Analytical models; Approximation algorithms; Block codes; Computational modeling; Concatenated codes; Concurrent computing; Forward error correction; Product codes; Signal to noise ratio; Upper bound;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2009 IEEE 20th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5122-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5123-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.2009.5450346

Filename

5450346