Rank metric convolutional codes

In this contribution, we propose a first general definition of rank-metric convolutional codes for multi-shot network coding. To this aim, we introduce a suitable concept of distance and we establish a generalized Singleton bound for this class of codes.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pinto, Raquel (author)
Other Authors: Napp, Diego (author), Vettori, Paolo (author), Rosenthal, Joachim (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/16186
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/16186
Description
Summary:In this contribution, we propose a first general definition of rank-metric convolutional codes for multi-shot network coding. To this aim, we introduce a suitable concept of distance and we establish a generalized Singleton bound for this class of codes.