• DocumentCode
    3278936
  • Title

    ML decoding of block codes on their tailbiting trellises

  • Author

    Shankar, Priti ; Kumar, P.N.A. ; Sasidharan, K. ; Rajan, B.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Autom., Indian Inst. of Sci., Bangalore, India
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    291
  • Abstract
    A maximum likelihood decoding algorithm is presented for tailbiting trellises for block codes. The algorithm works in two phases. The first phase is a Viterbi decoding algorithm on the tailbiting trellis, while the second uses the A* algorithm adapted for application in this context. Results of simulations on tailbiting trellises for some block codes, indicate that this decoding algorithm is quite fast
  • Keywords
    Viterbi decoding; block codes; linear codes; maximum likelihood decoding; trellis codes; A* algorithm; ML decoding; Viterbi decoding algorithm; block codes; decoding algorithm; maximum likelihood decoding algorithm; tailbiting trellises; Automation; Block codes; Computer science; Convolutional codes; Costs; Maximum likelihood decoding; Phase estimation; Viterbi algorithm;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information Theory, 2001. Proceedings. 2001 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Washington, DC
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7123-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISIT.2001.936154
  • Filename
    936154