Performance of concatenated Reed-Solomon/Viterbi channel coding
Abstract
The concatenated Reed-Solomon (RS)/Viterbi coding system is reviewed. The performance of the system is analyzed and results are derived with a new simple approach. A functional model for the input RS symbol error probability is presented. Based on this new functional model, we compute the performance of a concatenated system in terms of RS word error probability, output RS symbol error probability, bit error probability due to decoding failure, and bit error probability due to decoding error. Finally we analyze the effects of the noisy carrier reference and the slow fading on the system performance.
- Publication:
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The Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Report
- Pub Date:
- November 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982tdar.nasaR..81D
- Keywords:
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- Concatenated Codes;
- Error Analysis;
- Error Functions;
- Viterbi Decoders;
- Carrier Frequencies;
- Signal To Noise Ratios;
- Systems Analysis;
- Communications and Radar