• DocumentCode
    1553134
  • Title

    The zero-guards algorithm for general minimum-distance decoding problems

  • Author

    Han, Yunghsiang S. ; Hartmann, Carlos R P

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Hua Fan Coll. of Humanities & Technol., Taipei, Taiwan
  • Volume
    43
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    9/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1655
  • Lastpage
    1658
  • Abstract
    We present some properties of an improved version of the zero-neighbors algorithm-the zero-guards algorithm. These properties can be used to find a zero-guards. A new decoding procedure using a zero-guards is also given
  • Keywords
    decoding; general minimum-distance decoding problems; zero-guards algorithm; zero-neighbors algorithm; Automatic repeat request; Block codes; Concatenated codes; Convolutional codes; Feedback; Information theory; Maximum likelihood decoding; Memoryless systems; Reliability theory; Viterbi algorithm;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9448
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/18.623169
  • Filename
    623169