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| <mark>Journal publication date</mark> | 3/01/2008 |
|---|---|
| <mark>Journal</mark> | Electronics Letters |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Pages (from-to) | 43-44 |
| Publication Status | Published |
| <mark>Original language</mark> | English |
The expression for the minimum Hamming weight of the output of a constituent convolutional encoder, when its input is a weight-2 sequence is revisited. The new expression particularly facilitates the calculation of the effective free distance of recently proposed schemes, namely non-systematic turbo codes and pseudo-randomly punctured turbo codes.