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Convolutional Codes

Information Theory 2020-01-24 v1 math.IT

Abstract

The article provides a survey on convolutional codes stressing the connections to module theory and systems theory. Constructions of codes with maximal possible distance and distance profile are provided. The article will appear as book chapter in "A Concise Encyclopedia of Coding Theory" to be published by CRC Press.

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@article{arxiv.2001.08281,
  title  = {Convolutional Codes},
  author = {Julia Lieb and Raquel Pinto and Joachim Rosenthal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.08281},
  year   = {2020}
}