DocumentCode
1318999
Title
On the probability of error of convolutional codes
Author
Pietrobon, Steven S.
Author_Institution
Satellite Commun. Res. Centre, South Australia Univ., The Levels, SA, Australia
Volume
42
Issue
5
fYear
1996
fDate
9/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1562
Lastpage
1568
Abstract
New upper and lower bounds and approximations on the sequence, event, first event, and bit-error probabilities of convolutional codes are presented. Each of these probabilities are precisely defined and the relationship between them described. Some of the new bounds and approximations are found to be very close to computer simulations at very high error ratios. Simple modifications to the traditional union upper bound are also described for both hard- and soft-decision channels that allow better performance estimates to be made
Keywords
convolutional codes; error statistics; linear codes; probability; computer simulations; error probability; hard-decision channels; linear convolutional codes; lower bounds; performance estimates; soft-decision channels; union upper bound; upper bounds; very high error ratios; Australia; Computer errors; Computer simulation; Concatenated codes; Convolutional codes; Decoding; Error correction codes; Error probability; Information theory; Upper bound;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9448
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/18.532901
Filename
532901
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