Title :
Soft decision decoding of BCH codes using error magnitudes
Author :
Reid, William J., III ; Joiner, Laurie L. ; Komo, John J.
Author_Institution :
Dixie-Narco Inc., Williston, SC, USA
fDate :
29 Jun-4 Jul 1997
Abstract :
An efficient method for soft decision decoding of binary BCH codes using error magnitude calculations its presented. The 2t syndromes for a t-error correcting BCH code are used to solve 2t modified error magnitude type equations to obtain maximum likelihood decoding
Keywords :
BCH codes; error correction codes; maximum likelihood decoding; 2t modified error magnitude type equations; 2t syndromes; binary BCH codes; error magnitude; error magnitude calculations; maximum likelihood decoding; soft decision decoding; t-error correcting BCH code; AWGN channels; Binary codes; Computer errors; Correlators; Equations; Error correction; Error correction codes; Maximum likelihood decoding; Reed-Solomon 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.1997.613227
