Title :
Existence and construction of block interleavers
Author :
Tarokh, Vahid ; Hochwald, Bertrand M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
For an (N1, N2) interleaver of block size L, we prove that L≥N1N2. Conversely, we prove that whenever L≥N1N2, an (N1, N2) interleaver of block size L exists. Explicit algebraic constructions are provided. It is also proven that rectangular interleavers are not optimal.
Keywords :
block codes; error correction codes; interleaved codes; block interleavers; explicit algebraic constructions; optimality; rectangular interleavers; Block codes; Convolution; Convolutional codes; Delay; History; Image reconstruction; Interleaved codes; Sufficient conditions;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 2002. ICC 2002. IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7400-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.2002.997169
