For high-data-rate applications, the implementation of iterative turbo-like decoders requires
the use of parallel architectures posing some collision-free constraints to the reading/writing …

This tutorial paper gives an overview of the implementation aspects related to turbo
decoders, where the term turbo generally refers to iterative decoders intended for parallel …

Turbo Code Applications: a journey from a paper to realization presents contemporary
applications of turbo codes in thirteen technical chapters. Each chapter focuses on a …

Reliable wireless communication needs efficient channel coding schemes like turbo and
LDPC codes. During decoding, data is exchanged iteratively between component decoders …

Several research activities have recently emerged aiming to propose multiprocessor
implementations in order to achieve flexible and high throughput parallel iterative decoding …

Emerging digital communication applications and the underlying architectures encounter
drastically increasing performance and flexibility requirements. In this paper, we present a …

This paper presents a new multiprocessor platform for high throughput turbo decoding. The
proposed platform is based on a new configurable ASIP combined with an efficient memory …

In forward error correction, convolutional turbo codes were introduced to increase error
correction capability approaching the Shannon bound. Decoding of these codes, however …

This paper presents a low-complexity interleaver design that facilitates the high throughput
turbo decoding required for next generation wireless systems. Specifically, it addresses the …

This letter presents the mathematical framework involved in the determination of an upper
bound of the maximum spread value of a D-dimensional turbo code of frame size N. This …