On decoding binary perfect and quasi-perfect codes over markov noise channels

Autor: Fady Alajaji, Haider Al-Lawati
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: IEEE Transactions on Communications. 57:873-878
ISSN: 1558-0857
0090-6778
DOI: 10.1109/tcomm.2009.04.070114
Popis: We study the decoding problem when a binary linear perfect or quasi-perfect code is transmitted over a binary channel with additive Markov noise. After examining the properties of the channel block transition distribution, we derive sufficient conditions under which strict maximum-likelihood decoding is equivalent to strict minimum Hamming distance decoding when the code is perfect. Additionally, we show a near equivalence relationship between strict maximum likelihood and strict minimum distance decoding for quasi-perfect codes for a range of channel parameters and the code's minimum distance. As a result, an improved (complete) minimum distance decoder is proposed and simulations illustrating its benefits are provided.
Databáze: OpenAIRE