Title :
The zero-guards algorithm for general minimum-distance decoding problems
Author :
Han, Yunghsiang S. ; Hartmann, Carlos R P
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Hua Fan Coll. of Humanities & Technol., Taipei, Taiwan
fDate :
9/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We present some properties of an improved version of the zero-neighbors algorithm-the zero-guards algorithm. These properties can be used to find a zero-guards. A new decoding procedure using a zero-guards is also given
Keywords :
decoding; general minimum-distance decoding problems; zero-guards algorithm; zero-neighbors algorithm; Automatic repeat request; Block codes; Concatenated codes; Convolutional codes; Feedback; Information theory; Maximum likelihood decoding; Memoryless systems; Reliability theory; Viterbi algorithm;
Journal_Title :
Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
