The ten-year-old turbo codes are entering into service

  • Authors:
  • C. Berrou

  • Affiliations:
  • ENST Bretagne

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Communications Magazine
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

In the matter of channel coding and spectral efficiency, up to the invention of turbo codes, 3 dB or more stood between what the theory promised and what real systems were able to offer. This gap has now been removed, allowing communication systems to be designed with quasi-optimum performance. Ten years after the first publication on this new technique, turbo codes have commenced their practical service.