ENCODING AND DECODING USING GENERALIZED CONCATENATED CODES (GCC)

摘要

Systems, apparatuses, and methods for encoding and decoding using generalized concatenated codes (GCC) are described. The methods include receiving data; encoding the received data to obtain first encoded data; encoding the first encoded data until a GCC encoding reaches an intermediate level; and terminating the GCC encoding at the intermediate level. Hence, the number of outer codes is reduced by replacing the last layer (s) of outer code (s) by uncoded symbols. The GCC codes may be concatenated with an outer-layer code or an inner-layer code.