Title :
Generalized concatenated codes with quasi-cyclic codes as outer code
Author :
Esmaeili, Morteza ; Gulliver, T. Aaron ; Secord, Norman P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math. & Stat., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ont., Canada
fDate :
29 Jun-4 Jul 1997
Abstract :
The cyclic structure of quasi-cyclic (QC) codes results in a simple trellis representation. This representation makes them suitable for use in soft-decision decoding applications. We examine concatenated codes with quasi-cyclic codes as outer codes
Keywords :
block codes; concatenated codes; cyclic codes; decoding; linear codes; cyclic structure; generalized concatenated codes; linear block codes; multilevel concatenated codes; outer codes; quasi-cyclic codes; soft-decision decoding; trellis representation; Block codes; Computational Intelligence Society; Concatenated codes; Convolutional codes; Councils; Decoding; Mathematics; Statistics; Telecommunications; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory. 1997. Proceedings., 1997 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Ulm
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3956-8
DOI :
10.1109/ISIT.1997.613276
