• DocumentCode
    777650
  • Title

    Comment on "Algorithm for Construction of Variable Length Code with Limited Maximum Word Length"

  • Author

    De Lameillieure, Jan L P ; Bruyland, Ignace

  • Author_Institution
    Electronics Laboratory, Univ. of Ghent, Belgium
  • Volume
    34
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1986
  • fDate
    12/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1252
  • Lastpage
    1253
  • Abstract
    In the above correspondence, two algorithms for the construction of a minimum redundancy code have been described. In this correspondence, it is pointed out that the strategy in the correspondence does not always lead to an optimal code. A correction of both algorithms is presented.
  • Keywords
    Variable-length coding (VLC); Codes; Communications Society;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0090-6778
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TCOM.1986.1096476
  • Filename
    1096476