Is feedback a performance equalizer of classic and modern codes?

Author

Chen, Tsung-Yi ; Seshadri, Nambi ; Shen, Ba-Zhong

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

Jan. 31 2010-Feb. 5 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

It is well known that in general, feedback cannot increase the capacity of a discrete memoryless channel. However, it can help simplify the complexity of encoding and decoding. Schalkwijk and Kailath (1966) developed a class of block codes for Gaussian channels with ideal feedback. They showed that the probability of decoding error decreases as a second-order exponent in block length for rates below capacity. This paper proposes a coding scheme with ideal feedback and is applied to punctured convolutional codes and punctured Turbo codes. Our results seem to indicate that feedback largely equalizes the performance of classic (convolutional) codes and modern (turbo, LDPC) codes.

Keywords

Gaussian channels; block codes; convolutional codes; decoding; equalisers; feedback; parity check codes; probability; turbo codes; Gaussian channel; LDPC code; block code; block length; decoding error; feedback; performance equalizer; probability; punctured convolutional code; punctured turbo code; second-order exponent; Block codes; Capacity planning; Convolutional codes; Decoding; Equalizers; Feedback; Gaussian channels; Memoryless systems; Parity check codes; Turbo codes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Theory and Applications Workshop (ITA), 2010

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7012-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-7014-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITA.2010.5454088

Filename

5454088