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Termination of a convolutional encoder vs. state register reset

Usually, when designing a convolutional encoder for a transmitter, some sort of termination mechanism is applied to drive the encoder back to its zero-state after a message was transmitted. This is ...
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State of the art for turbo decoding

I am currently taking an online course on probabilistic graphical models. In the section on belief propagation (BP), specifically loopy BP, reference was made to Robert Mc Eliece's 1988 paper Turbo ...
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Using a LED to transmit data

I am curious about the possibilities offered by LEDs to transmit data over a short range (2 or 3 meters), and what maximum data transmission rate can be expected from carefully chosen, but ...