Title :
Construction of optimal low-rate convolutional codes
Author_Institution :
University of New South Wales, School of Electrical Engineering, Kensington, Australia
Abstract :
A method of constructing low-rate binary convolutional codes suitable for use in frequency-hopped spread-spectrum systems is presented. All constraint lengths from 3 to 11 are considered, and the codes are optimised for Viterbi decoding at low bit error rates.
Keywords :
codes; decoding; Viterbi decoding; binary convolutional codes; frequency hopped spread spectrum system; low bit error rates; optimal low rate codes;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19800544
