Title :
On the minimum bit-error rate of linear codes
Author :
Khayrallah, Ali S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Delaware Univ., Newark, DE, USA
fDate :
9/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We investigate the bit-error rate (BER) of linear block codes. The BER is a function of the encoder realization of the code. We express the BER in terms of the weight profiles of the subspaces of the code. We also discuss the relation between the Hadamard transform and the BER
Keywords :
Hadamard transforms; block codes; linear codes; BER; Hadamard transform; block codes; code subspaces; encoder realization; linear codes; minimum bit-error rate; weight profiles; Bit error rate; Block codes; Decoding; Hamming distance; Hamming weight; Impedance matching; Linear code; Wireless communication;
Journal_Title :
Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
