Questions about working on turbo codes

[sgr]

turbo codes

I want to start working on turbo codes. I have read and heard alot about it. I want to discuss these questions :
1- which software is more proper to simulate complete channel coding aspects based on umts standard? some say matlab is too low speed for this purpose. what about programing in c ?
2-i do not know much about c programing. is it possible to write c codes of simulation turbo codes in 3 or 4 mounth? where can I find some good code sources which can help me.
3-is it possible to implement this channel coding standard (umts) using DSK boards. I need to know what are the exact equipments needed.
I will appriciate any idea from you.
thanks

 

[aravind]

turbo codes

from my experience matlab is efficient and all peoples will accept if u do in MATLAB only.
all other coding wont give effective channel effiency.

 

[smilie_santhosh]

turbo codes

Hi its good to implement Turbo codes in C... ya matalab simulation takes really huge time... to plot ebno curve upto a ber 10 e -5 in matlab it takes nearly 1 or 1.5 days but in c it took hardly 30 minutes.... yes u can implement within 2 months if u work properly....

 

[TheSniper]

turbo codes

sorry for this question, but i need to know
if i want to simulate a simple example on a channel coding (turbo coding) using matlab, is going to take as long as you mentioned before, or is it because it
is a complete simulation of a Umts standard??

Regards

The Sniper (+)

 

[cwjcwjcwj]

Re: turbo codes

I will say, if you are working on error correcting code research, pls go for C language. If you are more keen on implementation (or just to complete school project), I will say MATLAB is the best. I have my turbo code in both matlab and c language.As mentioned, the speed is really fast for C language. But, for the sake of convenience, I will say Matlab is the best. Since you need to complete within 2-3 months,I will suggested you to do it by using matlab.

There are quite alots of well developed turbo code written in MATLAB. For me, I am using this turbo code for my research.
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This matlab code is well written and 100% correct. Hope you can make use of it.