A Simple Scheme for Belief Propagation Decoding of BCH and RS Codes in Multimedia Transmissions

Classic linear block codes, like Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem (BCH) and Reed-Solomon (RS) codes, are widely used in multimedia transmissions, but their soft-decision decoding still represents an open issue. Among the several approaches proposed for this purpose, an important role is played by the iter...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marco Baldi, Franco Chiaraluce
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2008-01-01
Series:International Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/957846