Title :
Generalized Hamming weights of convolutional codes
Author :
Rosenthal, Joachim ; York, Eric Von
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math., Notre Dame Univ., IN, USA
Abstract :
Motivated by applications in cryptology K. Wei introduced in 1991 the concept of a generalized Hamming weight for a linear block code. In this paper we define generalized Hamming weights for the class of convolutional codes and we derive several of their basic properties
Keywords :
convolutional codes; convolutional codes; cryptology; generalized Hamming weights; Block codes; Convolutional codes; Cryptography; Galois fields; Hamming weight; Mathematics; Memory management; Polynomials; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory, 1995. Proceedings., 1995 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Whistler, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2453-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISIT.1995.531511
