On MDS convolutional codes over Z_p^r

Maximum distance separable (MDS) convolutional codes are characterized through the property that the free distance meets the generalized Singleton bound. The existence of free MDS convolutional codes over Zpr was recently discovered in Oued and Sole (IEEE Trans Inf Theory 59(11):7305–7313, 2013) via...

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Autor principal: Pinto, Raquel (author)
Outros Autores: Napp, Diego (author), Toste, Marisa (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 1000
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/16187
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/16187
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Resumo:Maximum distance separable (MDS) convolutional codes are characterized through the property that the free distance meets the generalized Singleton bound. The existence of free MDS convolutional codes over Zpr was recently discovered in Oued and Sole (IEEE Trans Inf Theory 59(11):7305–7313, 2013) via the Hensel lift of a cyclic code. In this paper we further investigate this important class of convolutional codes over Zpr from a new perspective. We introduce the notions of p-standard form and r-optimal parameters to derive a novel upper bound of Singleton type on the free distance. Moreover, we present a constructive method for building general (non necessarily free) MDS convolutional codes over Zpr for any given set of parameters.