Title :
A new look at the error-correcting capabilities of convolutional codes
Author :
Ertl, Sabine ; Johannesson, Rolf ; Pavlushkov, Victor
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Techn., Lund Univ., Sweden
fDate :
27 June-2 July 2004
Abstract :
This paper describes the error-correcting capability of a convolutional code when transmitting close to capacity. We show that it is the combination of average burst length and first event error probability that allows us to better describe the error-correcting capability of a code.
Keywords :
convolutional codes; error correction codes; error statistics; average burst length combination; convolutional code; error-correcting capability; first event error probability; Bit error rate; Convolutional codes; Councils; Error probability; Hamming weight; Iterative decoding; Turbo codes;
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory, 2004. ISIT 2004. Proceedings. International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8280-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISIT.2004.1365441
