In this chapter we consider a class of codes known as trellis codes. Unlike block codes, trellis codes can encode an arbitrary length sequence of information symbols to produce a sequence of coded symbols. So the notion of block length is not directly applicable. A subclass of codes known as convolutional codes, which are linear trellis codes, has found widespread applications in many communication systems.
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