DocumentCode
978614
Title
Canonical structure for systematic rate k/n convolutional encoders and its application to turbo codes
Author
Benedetto, S. ; Garello, R. ; Montorsi, G.
Author_Institution
Dipartimento di Elettronica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Volume
32
Issue
11
fYear
1996
fDate
5/23/1996 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
981
Lastpage
983
Abstract
Systematic recursive convolutional encoders have been shown to play a crucial role in the design and implementation of parallel concatenated codes (`turbo codes´). The authors present a canonical structure of minimal linear systematic rate k/n encoders and show how to use it in the search for good constituent codes of parallel concatenated codes
Keywords
coding errors; concatenated codes; convolutional codes; error statistics; BER; bit error rate; canonical structure; convolutional encoders; minimal linear encoders; parallel concatenated codes; systematic rate k/n encoders; turbo codes application;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19960643
Filename
503067
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