Convolutional codes represent a cornerstone in modern communications, offering a method for continuously encoding data streams to mitigate errors due to interference and noise. These codes operate ...

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Convolutional Codes Convolutional codes work on the bits in a stream. They can be specified with three parameters similar to a block code specification.

Convolutional codes, on the other hand, work on streams of data with more arbitrary numbers of data/bits. These codes apply a sliding window method that provides a substantial decoding benefit.