Turbo Codes
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New: introduced in 1993
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In addition to the encoder there is an
interleaver to shuffle bits.
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De-interleaving is done at the decoder.
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Promises a lot: Shannon limit.
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For AWGN channel Eb/N0=0.7 dB for
BER=10
-5
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Problems: delay, complexity.