TY - GEN
T1 - Reducing the probability of sync-word false acquisition with Reed-Solomon codes
AU - Shongwe, Thokozani
AU - Han Vinck, A. J.
AU - Ferreira, Hendrik C.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - In our previous work we introduced a method for avoiding/excluding some symbols in Reed-Solomon (RS) codes, called symbol avoidance. In this paper, we apply the symbol avoidance method in sync-word based synchronization of RS encoded data. With the symbol avoidance method we reduce the probability of the RS encoded data being mistaken for the sync-word used to delimit the start/end of the data. The symbols in the RS code are avoided according to the sync-word used, such that the sync-word has very low probability of being found in the RS codewords, where it was not inserted. Therefore, for different sync-words, different symbols need to be avoided in the RS code. The goal here is to reduce the probability of false acquisition of the sync-word in the RS encoded framed data.
AB - In our previous work we introduced a method for avoiding/excluding some symbols in Reed-Solomon (RS) codes, called symbol avoidance. In this paper, we apply the symbol avoidance method in sync-word based synchronization of RS encoded data. With the symbol avoidance method we reduce the probability of the RS encoded data being mistaken for the sync-word used to delimit the start/end of the data. The symbols in the RS code are avoided according to the sync-word used, such that the sync-word has very low probability of being found in the RS codewords, where it was not inserted. Therefore, for different sync-words, different symbols need to be avoided in the RS code. The goal here is to reduce the probability of false acquisition of the sync-word in the RS encoded framed data.
KW - Frame Synchronization
KW - Reed-Solomon codes
KW - Sync-words
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84889018244&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/PACRIM.2013.6625467
DO - 10.1109/PACRIM.2013.6625467
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84889018244
SN - 9781479915019
T3 - IEEE Pacific RIM Conference on Communications, Computers, and Signal Processing - Proceedings
SP - 159
EP - 164
BT - 2013 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers and Signal Processing, PACRIM 2013
T2 - 14th IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers, and Signal Processing, PACRIM 2013
Y2 - 27 August 2013 through 29 August 2013
ER -