—In this paper, MIMO (Multiple-Input-Multiple Output) system based on turbo equalization techniques which LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) codes were outer code and STTC (Space Time Trellis Code) were employed as an inner code are studied. LDPC decoder and STTC decoder are connected through the interleaving and de-interleaving that updates each other's information repeatedly. On the receiver si...

This paper presents a new family of turbo codes called multi-non-binary turbo codes (MNBTCs) that generalizes the concept of turbo codes to multi-non-binary (MNB) parallel concatenated convolutional codes (PCCC). An MNBTC incorporates, as component encoders, recursive and systematic multi-non-binary convolutional encoders. The more compact data structure for these encoders confers some advantag...

Protecting short frames using turbo coding is a challenging task because of the small interleave size and the need for transmission efficiency. In this paper, we explore possible trade-off between power consumption (estimated by the average number of iterations) and performance of turbo decoders when short frame turbo codes are used. Three encoding/decoding schemes are proposed to improve perfo...

We propose a new class of information-coupled (IC) Turbo codes to improve the transport block (TB) error rate performance for long-term evolution (LTE) systems, while keeping the hybrid automatic repeat request protocol and the Turbo decoder for each code block (CB) unchanged. In the proposed codes, every two consecutive CBs in a TB are coupled together by sharing a few common information bits....

In this article, we design new turbo codes that can achieve near-Shannon-limit performance. The design criterion for random interleavers is based on maximizing the effective free distance of the turbo code, i.e., the minimum output weight of codewords due to weight-2 input sequences. An upper bound on the effective free distance of a turbo code is derived. This upper bound can be achieved if th...

| This paper examines the peformance of turbo-codes with non-identical component codes. We show that asymmetric turbo-codes provide good performance with respect to both the \erroroor" and the \pre-erroroor" regions of the bit error rate

Many wireless communication systems such as IS-54, EDGE, WiMAX, and LTE have adopted turbo codes and tail-biting convolutional codes as the forward error correcting codes (FEC) scheme for data and overhead channels. However, some releases propose LDPC codes for error-corrections due to the relative complexity of turbo codes decoder implementations as well as the success of LDPC codes in achievi...

Abstract — In this paper, we propose a novel method to construct low rate recursive convolutional codes. The ‘overall’ convolutional code has a block code and a simple recursive convolutional code as building blocks. The novelty of this type of convolutional code is that it uses coset leaders in order to distinguish the signals that originate from different states. Several of these codes are th...

In this paper, we propose a novel method to construct low rate recursive convolutional codes. The ‘overall’ convolutional code has a block code and a simple recursive convolutional code as building blocks. The novelty of this type of convolutional code is that it uses coset leaders in order to distinguish the signals that originate from different states. Several of these codes are then used to ...

The performance of turbo codes in quasi-static fading channels both with and without antenna diversity is investigated. In particular, simple analytic techniques that relate the frame error rate of a turbo code to both its average distance spectrum as well as the iterative decoder convergence characteristics are developed. Both by analysis and simulation, the impact of the constituent recursive...