APP based iterations stopping criteria for MNBTC

A study of the iterations stopping criteria adapted to multi-non-binary turbo-decoders, based on the evolution of a posteriori probability density (APP) is presented. The performaces bit / frame error rate (B/FER) versus signal to noise ratio (SNR) of multi-non-binary turbo codes (MNBTC) equipped with the iterations stopping mechanism proposed in this study are compared with those obtained using the genie iterations stopping criterion. Details about the redundancy in the number of processed iterations as compared to the ideal criterion are also presented.