An efficient algorithm for constructing minimal trellises for codes over finite abelian groups

IEEE Transactions on Information Theory

Volumn 42, Issue 6 PART 1, 1996, Pages 1839-1854

  Vazirani, Vijay V ^a   Saran, Huzur ^b   Sundar Rajan, B ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Codes over rings; Gaussian elimination; Group codes; Lattices; Trellises

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SET THEORY; VECTORS;

GAUSSIAN ELIMINATION; GROUP CODES; MINIMAL TRELLISES;

TRELLIS CODES;

EID: 0030291504     PISSN: 00189448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/18.556679     Document Type: Article

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