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Table 1 Overview of interleaving functions and their characteristics for cellular, broadcast, and connectivity standards.

From: A Programmable, Scalable-Throughput Interleaver

Standard

Interleaver

Class(es)

TP

Granularity

State size

Symbol

   

(Msym/s)

(symbols)

(Ksymbols)

(bits)

802.11a/g [5]

Main

Matrix interleaver, algebraical interleaver.

72.0

1

0.3

8

802.11n [6]

Main

Mux, demux, matrix int,

600

1

0.6

8

  

algebraical interleaver, cyclic bit shift.

    

DAB [7]

Frequency

Coprime interleaver

2.3

2

3

8

DAB [7]

Time

Convolutional + intervector permutation.

2.3

1

459

8

  

Step-size 3456 symbols.

    

DVB-SH [8]

Bit

Coprime interleaver

19.0

1

60

8

DVB-SH [8]

Symbol

Demux, random interleaver (filtered LFSR).

19.0

4

23.6

8

DVB-SH [8]

Time

"Forney type" convolutional. Up to 48 arbitrary delays

19.0

126

208896

8

  

with cell-size 126 symbols

    

DVB-T [9]

Outer

Convolutional "Ramsey Type III". Step-size 17 bytes

40.5

8

10.4

1

DVB-T [9]

Inner

Demux, Cyclic bit shift, random interleaver (filtered LFSR).

40.5

1

35.4

8

LTE [10]

Subblock

Triplets demux, 3 subblock int, mux, bit selection & pruning

450.0

1

18.4

8

LTE [10]

Turbo QPP

Quadratic Permutation Polynomial

450.0

1

6

8

T-DMB [11]

Outer

Convolutional "Ramsey Type III". Step-size 17 bytes

40.5

8

10.4

1

T-DMB [11]

Frequency

Coprime interleaver

2.3

2

3

8

T-DMB [11]

Time

Convolutional + intervector permutation.

2.3

1

459

8

  

Step-size 3456 symbols.

    

UMTS [12]

1st

Matrix with column permutation

4.4

1

51.5

8

UMTS [12]

2nd

Matrix with column permutation

4.4

1

18.8

8

UMTS [12]

HSDPA

Demux, matrix with column permutation

42.0

1

1.9

8

WiMAX [13]

Bit inv

Matrix interleaver, algebraical interleaver.

100.0

1

1.2

8

WiMAX [13]

Bit

Matrix interleaver, algebraical interleaver.

100.0

1

0.6

8

WiMAX [13]

Symbol HRQ

Algebraical interleaver with filter

100.0

2

4.8

8

WiMAX [13]

Symbol

Algebraical interleaver with filter

100.0

2

0.5

8