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Soft decoding for block codes obtained from convolutional codes

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Algebraic Coding (Algebraic Coding 1991)

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Bounds for the minimum distance and the error probability of decoding for tail biting convolutional codes are presented. We propose a decoding algorithm for these codes and obtain a bound for the asymptotical complexity of almost maximum likelihood decoding.

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Gérard Cohen Antoine Lobstein Gilles Zémor Simon Litsyn

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Kudryashov, B.D. (1992). Soft decoding for block codes obtained from convolutional codes. In: Cohen, G., Lobstein, A., Zémor, G., Litsyn, S. (eds) Algebraic Coding. Algebraic Coding 1991. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 573. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0034347

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