Is Datum Systems Turbo Product Codes compatible with that made by other modem manufacturers?
There is an extremely good chance that it is not compatible for several reasons. First is that there is no standard for implementation of TPC. Second, Datum Systems spent a lot of time and development in implementing a full set of TPC parameters (i.e. Rates 1/2, 3/4 and 7/8) and insuring the absolute best performance with no compromises. We have seen no other TPC implementation that even comes close to ours. Third, because we have many customers that use our modems in systems requiring low latency we implemented an alternate “Short Block” mode that reduces the typical TPC delay by approximately 1/3. Simply put – if you want real TPC with the best performance you must get our modem.
