Title :
On optimal power allocation for turbo codes
Author :
Duman, Tolga M. ; Salehi, Masoud
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA, USA
fDate :
29 Jun-4 Jul 1997
Abstract :
A scheme for optimum power allocation for the different bits of a turbo code is introduced. It is shown that by employing this scheme performance improvements in the range of 0.5-0.7 dB can be achieved without introducing any complexity or delay at the decoder
Keywords :
concatenated codes; convolutional codes; optimal power allocation; parallel concatenated convolutional codes; performance improvements; turbo codes; Code standards; Concatenated codes; Convolution; Convolutional codes; Decoding; Delay; Euclidean distance; Power distribution; Signal to noise ratio; Turbo codes;
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory. 1997. Proceedings., 1997 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Ulm
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3956-8
DOI :
10.1109/ISIT.1997.613019
