Title : 
Further results on unequal error protection of convolutional codes
         
        
            Author : 
Wang, Chung-Hsuan ; Chao, Chi-chao
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
         
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this paper, we concentrate on the study of combining the optimality with respect to unequal error protection and canonicity of generator matrices for convolutional codes. The transformation which can keep the optimality of generator matrices is constructed, based on which a procedure for obtaining a basic and optimal generator matrix with the smallest external degree is also proposed. Moreover, necessary and sufficient conditions for a canonical generator matrix whose separation vector is the greatest among all canonical generator matrices are given. Finally, the existence of the greatest separation vector among all canonical generator matrices is proved for some convolutional codes
         
        
            Keywords : 
convolutional codes; error correction codes; matrix algebra; UEP codes; canonical generator matrix; convolutional codes; generator matrices; optimal generator matrix; separation vector; unequal error protection; Chaos; Convolutional codes; Councils; Error correction codes; Hardware; Linear matrix inequalities; Matrix converters; Polynomials; Sufficient conditions;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Information Theory, 2000. Proceedings. IEEE International Symposium on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Sorrento
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-5857-0
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ISIT.2000.866325