• DocumentCode
    856045
  • Title

    A General Structure for Rate-Compatible Concatenated Codes

  • Author

    Brannstrom, Fredrik ; Graell i Amat, Alexandre ; Rasmussen, Lars K.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Signals & Syst., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg
  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    5/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    437
  • Lastpage
    439
  • Abstract
    In this letter, a general concatenated code structure is presented, encompassing both parallel and serially concatenated codes as special cases. The structure provides a unifying framework for the analysis of concatenated codes and offers new degrees of freedom for code design. Performance analysis based on error bounds in the error floor region and suggestions for suitable design criteria are provided, together with a design approach for the waterfall region. The proposed structure allows for constructing very high-rate codes with no penalty in the error floor region and good performance in the waterfall region
  • Keywords
    concatenated codes; error floor region; performance analysis; rate-compatible concatenated codes; waterfall region; Australia; Concatenated codes; Convolution; Convolutional codes; Error analysis; Error probability; Information analysis; Multiplexing; Performance analysis; Permeability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7798
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LCOMM.2007.061748
  • Filename
    4202099