Title :
An Application of Reed-Solomon Codes to a Satellite TDMA System
Author :
Toms, William E., Jr. ; Berlekamp, Elwyn R. ; Shifman, Jerry
Author_Institution :
Satellite Business Systems, McLean, Virginia
Abstract :
In a recent experimental project, a long, high rate Reed-Solomon error correction codec was developed and integrated into a satellite TDMA system. Although the coding overhead was only about 6%, a dramatic error rate improvement was achieved for channel error rates less than 5×10-4. This paper describes the design and implementation of the codec, its integration into a TDMA format, and the results of the experimental testing.
Keywords :
Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Codecs; Error analysis; Forward error correction; Reed-Solomon codes; Satellites; System testing; Throughput; Time division multiple access;
Conference_Titel :
Military Communications Conference - Communications-Computers: Teamed for the 90's, 1986. MILCOM 1986. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA, USA
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.1986.4805698
