Decoding of MDP Convolutional Codes over the Erasure Channel

TL;DR

This paper investigates the decoding performance of MDP convolutional codes over erasure channels, comparing their capabilities with MDS block codes, with a focus on large alphabet channels relevant for network packet transmission.

Contribution

It provides a comparative analysis of MDP convolutional codes and MDS block codes over erasure channels, highlighting their decoding capabilities in practical network scenarios.

Findings

MDP convolutional codes have comparable decoding capabilities to MDS block codes.

The study emphasizes the importance of large alphabet channels in network packet transmission.

Decoding performance varies with channel conditions and code parameters.

Abstract

This paper studies the decoding capabilities of maximum distance profile (MDP) convolutional codes over the erasure channel and compares them with the decoding capabilities of MDS block codes over the same channel. The erasure channel involving large alphabets is an important practical channel model when studying packet transmissions over a network, e.g, the Internet.