Row-column parallel turbo decoding of product codes

• Published in: Electronics letters Vol. 42; no. 5; p. 1
• Main Authors: Jégo, C, Adde, P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Stevenage John Wiley & Sons, Inc 02.03.2006
• Subjects: Architecture; Blocking; Decoders; Decoding; Reconstruction

A row-column, parallel architecture of a turbo decoder dedicated to product codes is presented. This architecture enables simultaneous decoding of the row and the column of a block. The performance of the proposed row-column parallel turbo decoder is similar to that of a conventional turbo decoder....