. Analog slice turbo decoding

— This paper presents the design of an analog turbo decoder for DVB-RCS-like applications using a slice architecture. The constituent decoders for different frame lengths are made up of duplicated elements chosen from a small set of reducedsize MAP decoders. This slicing technique enhances the design of the decoder in terms of simplicity, testability, re-usability and robustness. It is illustrated with the example of a turbo decoder for frames of 48 symbols sliced into two sub-frames. The error correction performance of this analog slice decoder is equal to that of the digital counterpart without slices. Transistor-level

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: ISCAS
• Authors: Matthieu Arzel, Cyril Lahuec, Fabrice Seguin, David Gnaedig, Michel Jézéquel
• Keywords: Analog Turbo Decoder, Decoder, ISCAS 2005, Turbo Decoder