On the State Approach Representations of Convolutional Codes over Rings of Modular Integers

Ángel Luis Muñoz Castañeda, Noemí DeCastro-García and Miguel V. Carriegos
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Ángel Luis Muñoz Castañeda: Department of Mathematics, Universidad de León, 24007 León, Spain
Noemí DeCastro-García: Department of Mathematics, Universidad de León, 24007 León, Spain
Miguel V. Carriegos: Department of Mathematics, Universidad de León, 24007 León, Spain

Mathematics, 2021, vol. 9, issue 22, 1-19

Abstract: In this study, we prove the existence of minimal first-order representations for convolutional codes with the predictable degree property over principal ideal artinian rings. Further, we prove that any such first-order representation leads to an input/state/output representation of the code provided the base ring is local. When the base ring is a finite field, we recover the classical construction, studied in depth by J. Rosenthal and E. V. York. This allows us to construct observable convolutional codes over such rings in the same way as is carried out in classical convolutional coding theory. Furthermore, we prove the minimality of the obtained representations. This completes the study of the existence of input/state/output representations of convolutional codes over rings of modular integers.

Keywords: convolutional codes; representations; rings of modular integers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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