• DocumentCode
    983807
  • Title

    An implementation of Elias coding for input-restricted channels

  • Author

    Arikan, Erdal

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Bilkent Univ., Ankara, Turkey
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    1/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    162
  • Lastpage
    165
  • Abstract
    An implementation of Elias coding for input-restricted channels is presented and analyzed. This is a variable-to-fixed length coding method that uses finite-precision arithmetic and can work at rates arbitrarily close to channel capacity as the precision is increased. The method offers a favorable tradeoff between complexity and coding efficiency. For example, in experiments with the runlength constrained channel, a coding efficiency of 0.9977 is observed, which is significantly better than what is achievable by other known methods of comparable complexity
  • Keywords
    encoding; telecommunication channels; Elias coding; channel capacity; coding efficiency; complexity; finite-precision arithmetic; input-restricted channels; runlength constrained channel; variable-to-fixed length coding method; Arithmetic; Channel capacity; Decoding; Information theory; Magnetic recording; Source coding;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9448
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/18.50383
  • Filename
    50383