Description
A code whose encoding consists of a recursive serial concatenation of one or more codes.
Notes
Introduction to GCCs [3].
Parent
Children
- Justesen code — Justesen codes can be considered as a generalized concatenation of a Reed-Solomon outer code with \(N\) distinct binary inner codes.
- Polar code — Polar codes can be represented as generalized concatenations of their kernels.
- Concatenated code
Cousin
References
- [1]
- È. L. Blokh, V. V. Zyablov, “Coding of Generalized Concatenated Codes”, Probl. Peredachi Inf., 10:3 (1974), 45–50; Problems Inform. Transmission, 10:3 (1974), 218–222
- [2]
- V. A. Zinoviev, “Generalized Cascade Codes”, Probl. Peredachi Inf., 12:1 (1976), 5–15; Problems Inform. Transmission, 12:1 (1976), 2–9
- [3]
- V. Zyablov, S. Shavgulidze, and M. Bossert, “An Introduction to Generalized Concatenated Codes”, European Transactions on Telecommunications 10, 609 (1999) DOI
Page edit log
- Victor V. Albert (2021-11-04) — most recent
Cite as:
“Generalized concatenated code (GCC)”, The Error Correction Zoo (V. V. Albert & P. Faist, eds.), 2021. https://errorcorrectionzoo.org/c/generalized_concatenated