• DocumentCode
    2977770
  • Title

    Evaluating the Exact Performance of the Viterbi Algorithm

  • Author

    Turin, William ; Jana, Rittwik

  • Author_Institution
    AT&T Res. Labs., Florham Park, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    18-21 April 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    A Hidden Markov Modeling technique is used to evaluate the exact performance of the Viterbi algorithm for estimating states of a finite state system. This technique is applied to exact calculation of the bit error probability of the Viterbi decoder of a convolutional code in channels with independent errors and in channels with memory. The results are compared with the widely used upper bounds. The accuracy of the proposed methods is verified via computer simulation.
  • Keywords
    Viterbi decoding; convolutional codes; error statistics; hidden Markov models; Viterbi algorithm; Viterbi decoder; bit error probability; convolutional code; hidden Markov modeling technique; Computer simulation; Convolutional codes; Equations; Hidden Markov models; Maximum likelihood decoding; Maximum likelihood estimation; Memoryless systems; State estimation; Upper bound; Viterbi algorithm;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2010 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Sydney, NSW
  • ISSN
    1525-3511
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6396-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WCNC.2010.5506768
  • Filename
    5506768