By establishing a single parity check relationship between convolutional codewords, a concatenated code, termed single parity check convolutional code (SPC-CC), is proposed. By jointly en/decoding the SPC and CC, as well as carefully allocating redundant information between the pair, we can improve BER more promptly during iterative decoding. Each codeword in SPC-CC consists of only one SISO decoder, which generates one extrinsic information. The key is to simulate another using extrinsic information from other decoders. Then iteratively feed back extrinsic information to each other in a manner similar to a Turbo engine. We design en/decoding scheme of the SPC-CC, and then analyze its performance and complexity. Simulation results show that SPC-CC can effectively improve communication reliability with a moderate complexity. In addition, thanks to SPC code, SPC-CC can correct packet erasures due to fading or interference.
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Iterative Soft Decoding of Single Parity Check Convolutional Concatenated Code
Semantic Scholar · Computer Science · 2021
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By establishing a single parity check relationship between convolutional codewords, a concatenated code, termed single parity check convolutional code (SPC-CC), is proposed. By jointly en/decoding the SPC and CC, as well as carefully allocating redundant information between the pair, we can improve BER more promptly during iterative decoding. Each codeword in SPC-CC consists of only one SISO decoder, which generates one extrinsic information. The key is to simulate another using extrinsic information from other decoders. Then iteratively feed back extrinsic information to each other in a manner similar to a Turbo engine. We design en/decoding scheme of the SPC-CC, and then analyze its performance and complexity. Simulation results show that SPC-CC can effectively improve communication reliability with a moderate complexity. In addition, thanks to SPC code, SPC-CC can correct packet erasures due to fading or interference.