• DocumentCode
    922284
  • Title

    A low-rate improvement on the Elias bound (Corresp.)

  • Author

    Welch, Lloyd R. ; Mceliece, Robert J. ; Rumsey, Howard, Jr.

  • Volume
    20
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1974
  • fDate
    9/1/1974 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    676
  • Lastpage
    678
  • Abstract
    An upper bound on the minimum distance of binary blocks codes, which is superior to Elias\´ bound for R < 0.0509^+ , is obtained. The new hound has the same derivative (-\\infty ) at R = 0 as Gilbert\´s lower bound. (Elias\´ bound has derivative -\\ln 2 at R = 0) .
  • Keywords
    Block codes; Block codes; Entropy; Exponential distribution; NASA; Performance analysis; Predictive models; Propulsion; Space technology; Upper bound;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9448
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIT.1974.1055279
  • Filename
    1055279
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=922284