UMTS/3GPP Turbo Convolutional Encoder

Product Details

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• Release Notes (PDF)
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Documentation

• UMTS/3GPP Turbo Convolutional Encoder

Device Family Support

• Virtex-6 LXT
• Virtex-6 SXT
• Virtex-5 FXT
• Virtex-5 LX
• Virtex-5 SX
• Virtex-4 FX
• Virtex-4 LX
• Virtex-4 SX
• Virtex-II Pro
• Virtex-II
• Spartan-6 LX
• Spartan-6 LXT
• Spartan-3A
• Spartan-3E
• Spartan-3 XA
• Spartan-3

This version of the Turbo Convolutional encoder is designed to meet the 3GPP mobile communication system specification. In addition, a user generated external interleaver can be used and code rates of 1/5 are supported to provide additional flexibility.

Key Features

• Implements the 3GPP/UMTS specification
• Core contains the full 3GPP interleaver
• Full 3GPP block size range supported: 40 - 5114
• Up to 16 simultaneous data channels
• Double-buffered symbol memory for maximum throughput
• Internal or External interleaver support - allows the use of custom interleavers
• Support for 3GPP rate 1/3 and also supports rate 1/5 for additional error correction capability
• Flexible interfacing by means of optional control signals
• Support for External RAM