• DocumentCode
    3293045
  • Title

    Bounds on Codeword Lengths of Optimal Codes for Noiseless Channels

  • Author

    Munteanu, Valeriu ; Tarniceriu, Daniela

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Electron. & Telecommun., Iasi
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    13-14 July 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    For the case in which the code alphabet consists of M letters, we derive the optimum probability distribution of a discrete source that assures the minimum average codeword length. For the case of Huffman encoding, we derive the upper and lower bounds of average codeword length.
  • Keywords
    Huffman codes; probability; telecommunication channels; Huffman encoding; code alphabet; codeword length; discrete source; lower bounds; noiseless channels; optimal codes; optimum probability distribution; upper bounds; Distributed computing; Electronic mail; Encoding; Entropy; Huffman coding; Lagrangian functions; Length measurement; Probability distribution; Time measurement; Upper bound; Huffman coding; average codeword length;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Signals, Circuits and Systems, 2007. ISSCS 2007. International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Iasi
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0969-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1-4244-0969-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISSCS.2007.4292770
  • Filename
    4292770