Error-control coding is commonly used to achieve reliable communication over noisy channels, but the small error rates thus obtained are usually at the expense of considerable delay in delivering the transmitted information to its destination. This paper discusses some simple alternative implementations of encoders and decoders that allow for a reduction in the delay in an error-control system. Such a reduction in the delay also reduces the memory requirements of the encoder and decoder.
['Dilip V. Sarwate']
Buffering and interleaving in coded communication systems