Effect of a Binary Symmetric Channel on the Synchronisation Recovery of Variable Length Codes
Muhammad Kalimur Rahman · The Computer Journal · 1989
Optimal source codes are usually required to have variable length code words. When these code words are transmitted through a noisy channel, the decoder at the receiving end suffers loss of synchronisation caused by one or more erroneous received bits. The expected error span between loss and recovery of synchronisation is evaluated as a function of the channel cross over probability.