Title :
Punctured convolutional codes of rate

and simplified maximum likelihood decoding (Corresp.)
Author :
Cain, Jeff ; Clark, George C., Jr. ; Geist, John M.
fDate :
1/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The structure of punctured convolutional cedes is described, and it is indicated how their use simplifies the design of maximum likelihood decoders. The best codes of this class for rates 2/3 and 3/4 are tabulated and performance curves are given for these codes.
Keywords :
Convolutional codes; maximum-likelihood (ML) decoding; Binary sequences; Convolutional codes; Gold; Mathematics; Maximum likelihood decoding; Notice of Violation; Publishing; Pulse generation; Spread spectrum communication; Viterbi algorithm;
Journal_Title :
Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TIT.1979.1055999