Turbo-codes: the ultimate error control codes?

作     者：Burr, A 

作者机构：Univ York Dept Elect York YO10 5DD N Yorkshire England 

出 版 物：《ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING JOURNAL》 (电子学与通讯工程杂志)

年 卷 期：2001年第13卷第4期

页      面：155-165页

核心收录：

学科分类：0810[工学-信息与通信工程] 0808[工学-电气工程] 0809[工学-电子科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 08[工学] 

主　　题：Mobile radio systems space communication links turbo codes concatenated codes error correction codes mobile radio channel coding deep-space exploration Codes turbo-codes iterative decoding concatenated coding communication channel channel capacity Space communication systems capacity error control codes 

摘      要：Turbo-codes have attracted a great deal of interest since their discovery in 1993. This paper reviews the reasons for this, in particular their attainment of the ultimate limits of the capacity of a communication channel. The paper describes the two fundamental concepts on which they are based: concatenated coding and iterative decoding. This latter is the real turbo-principle , which is the real secret of their remarkable performance. The paper also reviews the direction of research in this area since 1993, and shows that, far from bringing coding research to an end, turbo-codes have led to a renaissance. In particular, other applications of the turbo-principle have emerged, and these are discussed, along with the practical applications of turbo-codes that have appeared, from mobile radio to deep-space exploration.