Modified algorithm for hard decision decoding of product codes

A. A. Al-Shaikhi*, M. A. Kousa

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Abstract

Product coding produces powerful long codes from short constituent codes. The conventional row-column decoding algorithm of the product code does not exploit its full power of correcting random errors. We propose a modification to the conventional decoding algorithm, which makes it capable of reaching the theoretical error correction capability of the code. In addition to its theoretical significance, the modified algorithm is shown to provide a gain of 0.5 dB over the conventional algorithm for AWGN channels.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2004 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2004
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1760-1763
Number of pages4
Volume3
ISBN (Print)0780383443
StatePublished - 2004

Keywords

  • AWGN channel
  • Decoding
  • Hamming code
  • Product code

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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