METHOD OF SETTING NUMBER OF ITERATION COUNTS OF ITERATIVE DECODING, AND APPARATUS AND METHODS OF ITERATIVE DECODING

摘要

A method of setting a number of iteration counts of iterative decoding, and an apparatus and method of iterative decoding. The iterative decoder including a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) estimation unit that estimates an SNR of a received signal, an iterative decoding count setting unit that sets a minimum number of iteration counts for the received signal based on the estimated SNR, and a decoding unit that iteratively decodes the received signal using tentative decoding and error check, and selectively performs the error check based on the minimum number of iteration counts.