23 Nov
2005
23 Nov
'05
3:33 a.m.
Not my field, but an answer from a UoReading colleague whose it is: "The answer is essentially 'Yes'. These new codes do indeed allow comms links to get very close to the Shannon limit. The practicality of real-time decoding is a bit arguable for some of the latest developments but LDPC and Turbo Codes are already in widespread use." Guy