Christophe Vanstraceele

A low complexity block turbo decoder architecture - [transactions letters]

In this letter we present a low-complexity architecture designed for the decoding of block turbo codes. In particular we simplify the implementation of Pyndiahs algorithm by not storing any of the concurrent codewords generated by the list decoder.

Block turbo codes for multicarrier local loop transmission

We investigate the performance of different block turbo codes in the context of Enhanced VDSL. We first describe the VDSL system used in our simulation link. We then propose an iterative decoding algorithm based on Pyndiahs (1998) SISO decoder for product turbo block codes that can be implemented with reasonable complexity. We also illustrate several results for various QAM modulation schemes. The coding gains obtained for the different codes and modulations then allow us to predict the attainable bit rates as a function of the line length. We show that such a turbo block decoding outperforms the classical Reed Solomon hard decoding used in the ADSL system.

Block Turbo Codes: From Architecture to Application

This paper is concerned with the design of block turbo codes for very high bit rate applications. We first introduce an original low-complexity architecture designed for the iterative decoding of product codes. The implementation of the Chase-Pyndiah algorithm is simplified by not memorizing any of the list decoding concurrent code words. We then illustrate that such block turbo codes allow some bit rate improvement in the context of local loop transmission

A block turbo phase synchronization scheme

This letter presents an original phase synchronization scheme designed for block turbo coded systems. This is a low-complexity scheme. It copes with low signal-to-noise ratios, taking complete advantage of the turbo coding possibilities. We display various results, showing that the proposed algorithm is able to process blocks of a few hundreds bits and that it tackles the case of large quadrature amplitude modulation constellations very well and with no phase ambiguity.

An iterative phase synchronization scheme for general QAM constellations

This paper concerns a new synchronizing scheme designed for block turbo coded system. The phase estimation relies on the feedback of the extrinsic information. A near optimum version of the algorithm based on the block turbo decoder devised by Pyndiah allows easy implementation. We display various results showing that the proposed algorithm is able to track frequency shifts and that it works very well in the case of general Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) constellations. We also show that this turbo synchronizer works at low Signal to Noise Ratios (SNR) taking completely advantage of the turbo coding possibilities.

A new iterative phase tracking scheme

This paper presents a new synchronizing scheme designed for block turbo coded systems. The phase estimation relies on the feedback of the extrinsic information. A near optimum version of the algorithm based on the block turbo decoder devised by Pyndiah (1998) allows easy implementation. We display various results showing that the proposed algorithm is able to track frequency shifts and that it works very well in the case of general quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) constellations. We also show that this turbo synchronizer works at low signal to noise ratios (SNR) taking completely advantage of the turbo coding possibilities.

Joint estimation of QAM carrier phase with block turbo decoding

The paper concerns a new synchronizing scheme designed for block turbo coded systems. Phase estimation relies on the feedback of reliability information from the output of the turbo decoder. It is based on the fact that the power of the lower reliability values is strongly dependent on the carrier phase offset. A near optimum version of the algorithm based on a Pyndiah-like block turbo decoder allows easy implementation. We display various results showing that the proposed algorithm is able to track frequency shifts and that it works very well in the case of general quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) constellations. We also show that this turbo synchronizer works at low signal-to-noise ratios (SNR), taking complete advantage of the turbo coding possibilities.