How to Compute Weight Enumerators for Convolutional Codes
How to Compute Weight Enumerators for Convolutional Codes
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2006
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R. McEliece
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R. McEliece
. Techniques for finding transfer functions for convolutional codes have long been known, but the methods that have appeared in print are, for the most part, more art than science. In this tutorial paper, we describe a precise and efficient algebraic method called the transfer matrix method. The transfer matrix method allows us not only to compute transfer functions, but also the weight enumerators for certain block codes which can be derived from the parent convolutional code, viz., the sequence of truncated and tailbiting codes. The transfer matrix method is easiest to apply if one uses a symbolic manipulation program like Mathematica , but even so, it is practical only for codes with relatively small degree.