• DocumentCode
    975224
  • Title

    Lower bound on BER of finite-length turbo codes based on EXIT characteristics

  • Author

    Lee, Jeong W. ; Blahut, Richard E.

  • Author_Institution
    Coordinated Sci. Lab., Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
  • Volume
    8
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    4/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    238
  • Lastpage
    240
  • Abstract
    We present a generalized extrinsic information transfer characteristics of the iterative turbo decoding algorithm. By using this tool, we obtain a lower bound on the bit error rate performance of the finite-length turbo codes showing a gentle waterfall over a wide waterfall region.
  • Keywords
    error statistics; iterative decoding; turbo codes; BER; bit error rate; extrinsic information transfer; finite-length turbo code; generalized extrinsic information transfer characteristics; iterative turbo decoding algorithm; AWGN; Algorithm design and analysis; Bit error rate; Convergence; Error analysis; Iterative algorithms; Iterative decoding; Mutual information; Random variables; Turbo codes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7798
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LCOMM.2004.825727
  • Filename
    1294936
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=975224