Construction Method of UEP Convolutional Codes Based on Conditional Weight Distributions

Kazuhiko YAMAGUCHI  Toshiaki WATANABE  Kingo KOBAYASHI  

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences   Vol.E81-A   No.10   pp.2019-2024
Publication Date: 1998/10/25
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Print ISSN: 0916-8508
Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Information Theory and Its Applications)
Category: Coding Theory
Keyword: 
unequal error protection code,   convolutional code,   punctured code,   weight distribution,  

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Summary: 
In this paper, we study unequal error protection (UEP) capabilities of punctured convolutional codes. For constructing the good UEP convolutional codes, the conditional weight distributions of UEP convolutional codes are defined and evaluated. The conditional weight distributions are computed by using the transfer functions of time-varying trellis structures of punctured convolutional codes. The best UEP convolutional codes from the viewpoint of the weight distributions are listed.