Optimal Interleaving for Generalized Concatenated Codes

Generalized Concatenation (GC) of Reed-Solomon (RS) Codes is a
powerful technique to enhance the error-correcting capability of RS
codes without resorting to large finite fields. However, interleaving
a GC scheme in the normal way significantly reduces the
burst-correcting capability of such scheme. In this paper, we present
techniques that optimize the burst-correcting capability of some GC schemes.