The `stretched´-Golay and other codes for high-SNR finite-delay quantization of the Gaussian source at 1/2 bit per sample

Error-correcting codes are considered as codebooks for high-performance vector quantization (VQ) of the IID Gaussian source at fractional bit rate. A family of good rate-one-half codes is introduced: the stretched Golay codes. The performance of these codes is compared to other good block codes, trellis-coded quantization, and other techniques. The stretched Golay codes are shown to outperform previously published results for block lengths 32, 40, 56, and 64. The good performance, together with fast decoding make these techniques attractive for applications such as low-bit-rate coding of speech