DocumentCode
2059338
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
fYear
2004
fDate
27 June-2 July 2004
Firstpage
406
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Information Theory, 2004. ISIT 2004. Proceedings. International Symposium on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8280-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISIT.2004.1365441
Filename
1365441
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