A method for lowering turbo code error flare using correction impulses and repeated decoding

Turbo Codes and Related Topics; 6th International ITG-Conference on Source and Channel Coding (TURBOCODING), 2006 4th International Symposium on

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ould Cheikh Mouhamedou, Youssouf ^a   Crozier, Stewart ^b   Gracie, Ken ^b   Guinand, Paul ^b   Kabal, Peter ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Radio Science Branch   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CODING; CODES (SYMBOLS); DECODING; ERRORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

BINARY TURBO CODES; ERROR FLOOR; ERROR PERFORMANCE; FRAME ERROR RATE; INTERLEAVERS; KEY ELEMENTS; MINIMUM DISTANCE; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

TURBO CODES;

EID: 84994713390     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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