Improving channel coding of the ETSI- and MPEG-satellite transmission standards

Author

Burkert, Frank ; Hagenauer, Joachim

Author_Institution

Dept. of Commun. Eng., Tech. Univ. of Munich, Germany

Volume

3

fYear

1997

fDate

3-8 Nov 1997

Firstpage

1539

Abstract

We propose the combination of two powerful decoding techniques in one concatenated coding scheme. Using turbo codes as inner codes and block codes as outer codes, and applying parallel and serial iterative decoding with feedback between the outer and the inner decoders, leads to a performance which clearly surpasses the one of common concatenated coding schemes used for deep space communications or digital TV transmissions via satellite as defined by ETSI and MPEG. At a BER of 10 ^-5 and below, we achieve an additional decoding gain of 1.6 dB and more at the same rate and frame size as existing standards

Keywords

block codes; channel coding; code standards; concatenated codes; convolutional codes; decoding; iterative methods; satellite communication; telecommunication standards; BER; ETSI; MPEG; block codes; channel coding; concatenated coding scheme; decoding techniques; inner codes; outer codes; parallel iterative decoding; satellite transmission standards; serial iterative decoding; turbo codes; Artificial satellites; Block codes; Channel coding; Concatenated codes; Digital TV; Feedback; Iterative decoding; Satellite broadcasting; Telecommunication standards; Turbo codes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1997. GLOBECOM '97., IEEE

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4198-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1997.644392

Filename

644392