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Although trade-off coding requires more complex encoding and decoding methods, the new results show that the pay-off is great enough that it should be considered in any practical implementation.

By combining multiple decoding modules that exchange extrinsic information, turbo decoders achieve remarkable reliability even in challenging channel conditions.