A Rate-Distortion Exponent Approach to Multiple Decoding Attempts for Reed-Solomon Codes Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • Algorithms based on multiple decoding attempts of Reed-Solomon (RS) codes have recently attracted new attention. Choosing decoding candidates based on rate-distortion theory, as proposed previously by the authors, currently provides the best performance-versus-complexity trade-off. In this paper, an analysis based on the rate-distortion exponent is used to directly minimize the exponential decay rate of the error probability. This enables rigorous bounds on the error probability for finite-length RS codes and leads to modest performance gains. As a byproduct, a numerical method is derived that computes the rate-distortion exponent for independent non-identical sources. Analytical results are given for errors/erasures decoding. 2010 IEEE.

name of conference

  • 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory

published proceedings

  • 2010 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INFORMATION THEORY

author list (cited authors)

  • Nguyen, P. S., Pfister, H. D., & Narayanan, K. R.

citation count

  • 0

complete list of authors

  • Nguyen, Phong S||Pfister, Henry D||Narayanan, Krishna R

publication date

  • June 2010