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Decoder performance for block product codes

US7260762B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 26, 2004
Grant dateAug 21, 2007
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Expiry dateSep 26, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M13/453
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of improving block turbo decoder performance that comprises receiving soft input information corresponding to a first set of constituent codes of a block product code, scaling soft extrinsic information from a second set of constituent codes of the block product code, processing the scaled soft extrinsic information and the soft input information to produce soft output information suitable for a soft-input soft-output decoder, and performing one or more of: modifying encoded bit positions of the block product code, modifying decoded bit positions of a the block product code, permuting decoding parameters of the block product code to effect a preferred decoding order, detecting cases where a number of test patterns is insufficient to decode the soft output information and thereafter providing a different number of test patterns suitable for decoding the soft output information, and adapting the number of test patterns in the soft-input soft-output decoder.

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