3 papers
cs.IT2026
Pseudo-MDP Convolutional Codes for Burst Erasure Correction
Zita Abreu, Julia Lieb, Raquel Pinto
Convolutional codes are a class of error-correcting codes that performs very well over erasure channels with low delay requirements. In particular, Maximum Distance Profile (MDP) c…
cs.IT2024
Algorithms for Computing the Free Distance of Convolutional Codes
Zita Abreu, Joachim Rosenthal, Michael Schaller
The free distance of a convolutional code is a reliable indicator of its performance. However its computation is not an easy task. In this paper, we present some algorithms to comp…
cs.IT2024
An Improved Viterbi Algorithm for a Class of Optimal Binary Convolutional Codes
Zita Abreu, Julia Lieb, Michael Schaller
The most famous error-decoding algorithm for convolutional codes is the Viterbi algorithm. In this paper, we present a new reduced complexity version of this algorithm which can be…