NASA NTRS · 19810024821
On the error statistics of Viterbi decoding and the performance of concatenated codes
Abstract
Computer simulation results are presented on the performance of convolutional codes of constraint lengths 7 and 10 concatenated with the (255, 223) Reed-Solomon code (a proposed NASA standard). These results indicate that as much as 0.8 dB can be gained by concatenating this Reed-Solomon code with a (10, 1/3) convolutional code, instead of the (7, 1/2) code currently used by the DSN. A mathematical model of Viterbi decoder burst-error statistics is developed and is validated through additional computer simulations.
Keep this discovery
Explore connections, maps & timelines
Miller, R. L., Deutsch, L. J., Butman, S. A.. 1981-09-01. On the error statistics of Viterbi decoding and the performance of concatenated codes. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19810024821
Cite the original work for its findings. Save a collection to share your selection of sources.