Upper bounds on the number of errors corrected by a convolutional code |
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Authors: | Justesen J |
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Affiliation: | Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark; |
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Abstract: | We derive upper bounds on the weights of error patterns that can be corrected by a convolutional code with given parameters, or equivalently we give bounds on the code rate for a given set of error patterns. The bounds parallel the Hamming bound for block codes by relating the number of error patterns to the number of distinct syndromes. |
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