Near-optimum decoding of product codes: block turbo codes

@article{citeulike:2674797, abstract = {This paper describes an iterative decoding algorithm for any product code built using linear block codes. It is based on soft-input/soft-output decoders for decoding the component codes so that near-optimum performance is obtained at each iteration. This soft-input/soft-output decoder is a Chase decoder which delivers soft outputs instead of binary decisions. The soft output of the decoder is an estimation of the log-likelihood ratio (LLR) of the binary decisions given by the Chase decoder. The theoretical justifications of this algorithm are developed and the method used for computing the soft output is fully described. The iterative decoding of product codes is also known as the block turbo code (BTC) because the concept is quite similar to turbo codes based on iterative decoding of concatenated recursive convolutional codes. The performance of different Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem (BCH)-BTCs are given for the Gaussian and the Rayleigh channel. Performance on the Gaussian channel indicates that data transmission at 0.8 dB of Shannon's limit or more than 98\% (R/C\>0.98) of channel capacity can be achieved with high-code-rate BTC using only four iterations. For the Rayleigh channel, the slope of the bit-error rate (BER) curve is as steep as for the Gaussian channel without using channel state information}, author = {Pyndiah, R. M. }, booktitle = {Communications, IEEE Transactions on}, citeulike-article-id = {2674797}, doi = {10.1109/26.705396}, journal = {Communications, IEEE Transactions on}, keywords = {block, decoder, turbocode}, number = {8}, pages = {1003--1010}, posted-at = {2008-04-15 19:17:58}, priority = {2}, title = {Near-optimum decoding of product codes: block turbo codes}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/26.705396}, volume = {46}, year = {1998} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2674797 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2674797 TI - Near-optimum decoding of product codes: block turbo codes T2 - Communications, IEEE Transactions on JF - Communications, IEEE Transactions on VL - 46 IS - 8 SP - 1003 EP - 1010 N2 - This paper describes an iterative decoding algorithm for any product code built using linear block codes. It is based on soft-input/soft-output decoders for decoding the component codes so that near-optimum performance is obtained at each iteration. This soft-input/soft-output decoder is a Chase decoder which delivers soft outputs instead of binary decisions. The soft output of the decoder is an estimation of the log-likelihood ratio (LLR) of the binary decisions given by the Chase decoder. The theoretical justifications of this algorithm are developed and the method used for computing the soft output is fully described. The iterative decoding of product codes is also known as the block turbo code (BTC) because the concept is quite similar to turbo codes based on iterative decoding of concatenated recursive convolutional codes. The performance of different Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem (BCH)-BTCs are given for the Gaussian and the Rayleigh channel. Performance on the Gaussian channel indicates that data transmission at 0.8 dB of Shannon's limit or more than 98% (R/C>0.98) of channel capacity can be achieved with high-code-rate BTC using only four iterations. For the Rayleigh channel, the slope of the bit-error rate (BER) curve is as steep as for the Gaussian channel without using channel state information KW - block KW - decoder KW - turbocode AU - Pyndiah, RM PY - 1998/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/26.705396 ER -