The residual redundancy contained in the source coding output symbols can b
e used by the channel decoder to provide extra error protection. A joint so
urce/channel coding scheme which employs nonbinary turbo codes over rings t
o exploit the residual redundancy of source coding output is investigated.
Simulation results on codebook-excited linear predictive coded speech and d
ifferential pulse code modulation coded image transmissions over noisy chan
nels are presented.