On the error burst properties of Viterbi decoding

Author

Franchi, A. ; Harris, R.A.

Author_Institution

European Space Agency, ESTEC/TST, Noordwijk, Netherlands

Volume

2

fYear

1993

fDate

23-26 May 1993

Firstpage

1086

Abstract

The burst error properties of the "standard" K = 7, rate-1/2, (133, 171) convolutional code with soft-decision Viterbi decoding are studied. Computer simulation results are compared with simple models based on low Eb/No arguments and with high Eb/No asymptotes derived from the code distance properties. A simple model for predicting the average number of errors in a burst and the burst error probability is developed. The only input data required are the average burst lengths. Material from a number of widely spread sources is presented. Useful empirical relationships are developed

Keywords

Viterbi decoding; convolutional codes; error correction codes; error statistics; average burst lengths; average number of errors; burst error probability; code distance properties; convolutional code; empirical relationships; models; soft-decision Viterbi decoding; Bit error rate; Code standards; Computer errors; Computer simulation; Convolutional codes; Decoding; Error analysis; Error correction; Telecommunication standards; Viterbi algorithm;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1993. ICC '93 Geneva. Technical Program, Conference Record, IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Geneva

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0950-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1993.397445

Filename

397445