Title :
Strongly MDS convolutional codes, a new class of codes with maximal decoding capability
Author :
Smarandache, Roxana ; Gluesing-Luerssen, Heide ; Rosenthal, Joachim
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math., San Diego State Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
A new class of rate 1/2 convolutional codes called strongly MDS convolutional codes are introduced and studied. These are codes having optimal column distances. Properties of these codes are given and a concrete construction is provided.
Keywords :
convolutional codes; decoding; MDS codes; convolutional codes; maximal decoding capability; maximum distance separable codes; optimal column distances; rate 1/2 codes; Block codes; Concrete; Convolutional codes; Decoding; Error correction; Error correction codes; Mathematics; Parity check codes;
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory, 2002. Proceedings. 2002 IEEE International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7501-7
DOI :
10.1109/ISIT.2002.1023698
