Non linear scaling of reliability values in a turbo decoder system

摘要

A decoder system for concatenated codes such as turbo codes, comprises at least two component decoders mutually coupled through a reliability value handler for handling reliability values. The reliability value handler comprises a scaling unit for providing non linearly scaled reliability values. This reduces the reliability values provided by the component decoders, such that the non linearly scaled reliability values better reflect the genuine reliability information or Log Likelihood Ratio (LLR) in a practical realization of the decoder system generally having sub optimal component decoders.