Comment Re:LDPC codes (useful links to coding information) (Score 2, Interesting) 212
The neat thing about Turbo codes is that they're being used in the 3G cell phone standards (along with various other codes.) Turbo codes are powerful because they are iterative: they make several approximations at the information sent across the wire (or lack of wire, heh).
This allows the system to do a good job of guessing what the original message is quickly. If you're interested in Turbo Codes, one of my former professors has done a lot of work with them, and has links to other turbo code sites on his website:
http://www.csee.wvu.edu/~mvalenti
Click on the turbo code link.
This allows the system to do a good job of guessing what the original message is quickly. If you're interested in Turbo Codes, one of my former professors has done a lot of work with them, and has links to other turbo code sites on his website:
http://www.csee.wvu.edu/~mvalenti
Click on the turbo code link.
