Title :
Multidimensional turbo codes
Author :
Berrou, Claude ; Jézéquel, Michel ; Douillard, Catherine
Author_Institution :
ENST de Bretagne, Brest, France
Abstract :
Random coding applied to blocks of size k offers minimum distances as large as k/4 roughly, but is not decodable in practice. We propose a decodable multidimensional extension of classical two-dimensional turbo codes, giving minimum distances comparable to those of random codes
Keywords :
iterative decoding; turbo codes; decoding; minimum distance; multidimensional turbo codes; random codes; two-dimensional turbo codes; Bandwidth; Block codes; Convolutional codes; Encoding; Error correction codes; Iterative decoding; Multidimensional systems; Polynomials; Sparks; Turbo codes;
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory and Networking Workshop, 1999
Conference_Location :
Metsovo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5954-2
DOI :
10.1109/ITNW.1999.814337
