Title :
A new upper bound on the minimum distance of turbo codes
Author :
Perotti, Alberto ; Benedetto, Sergio
Author_Institution :
Center for Multimedia Radio Commun., Politecnico di Torino
Abstract :
A new upper bound on the minimum distance of turbo codes is derived. It improves over existing ones and shows that the minimum distance grows approximately with the base-3 logarithm of the information word length
Keywords :
error correction codes; turbo codes; base-3 logarithm; information word length; turbo codes; Convolutional codes; Electronic mail; Error correction codes; Error probability; Feedback; Hamming weight; Multimedia communication; Radio communication; Turbo codes; Upper bound;
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory, 2004. ISIT 2004. Proceedings. International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8280-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISIT.2004.1365350
