Title :
Error-correcting capabilities of multilevel block codes: an upper bound
Author_Institution :
University of Hull, Department of Electronic Engineering, Kingston upon Hull, UK
fDate :
6/1/1973 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An upper bound of the Hamming or sphere-packing type that can never be exceeded can be applied to multilevel codes. Examples are given for quaternary and decimal codes, both for whole-digit errors and for nearest-place errors. A single-error-correcting decimal code is constructed.
Keywords :
error correction codes; Hamming type upper limit; decimal codes; error correcting capabilities; multilevel block codes; nearest place errors; quaternary codes; whole digit errors;
Journal_Title :
Electrical Engineers, Proceedings of the Institution of
DOI :
10.1049/piee.1973.0136
