A flexible Reed-Solomon codec

Author

Du Preez, Andrew ; Swarts, F. ; Agdhasi, Farzin

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

93

Abstract

We report on the implementation of a flexible Reed-Solomon codec using a field programmable gate array (FPGA) for use in a mobile communication system employing adaptive coding. The number of correctable errors can be changed in real time. A modified Euclidean algorithm is used with the number of correctable errors as an input parameter. The very high-speed integrated circuit hardware description language (VHDL) design can generate a codec for any Galois field size and field generator

Keywords

Galois fields; Reed-Solomon codes; adaptive codes; codecs; error correction codes; field programmable gate arrays; hardware description languages; mobile radio; very high speed integrated circuits; FPGA; Galois field; VHDL; adaptive coding; correctable errors; field programmable gate array; flexible Reed-Solomon codec; mobile communication; modified Euclidean algorithm; very high-speed integrated circuit hardware description language; Adaptive arrays; Adaptive coding; Codecs; Error correction; Field programmable gate arrays; Galois fields; Hardware design languages; High speed integrated circuits; Mobile communication; Reed-Solomon codes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Africon, 1999 IEEE

Conference_Location

Cape Town

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5546-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AFRCON.1999.820772

Filename

820772