Codes on graphs: Observability, controllability, and local reducibility

G. David Forney, Heide Gluesing-Luerssen

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Abstract

This paper investigates properties of realizations of linear or group codes on general graphs that lead to local reducibility. Trimness and properness are dual properties of constraint codes. A linear or group realization with a constraint code that is not both trim and proper is locally reducible. A linear or group realization on a finite cycle-free graph is minimal if and only if every local constraint code is trim and proper. A realization is called observable if there is a one-to-one correspondence between codewords and configurations, and controllable if it has independent constraints. A linear or group realization is observable if and only if its dual is controllable. A simple counting test for controllability is given. An unobservable or uncontrollable realization is locally reducible. Parity-check realizations are controllable if and only if they have independent parity checks. In an uncontrollable tail-biting trellis realization, the behavior partitions into disconnected sub-behaviors, but this property does not hold for nontrellis realizations. On a general graph, the support of an unobservable configuration is a generalized cycle.

Original languageEnglish
Article number6295660
Pages (from-to)223-237
Number of pages15
JournalIEEE Transactions on Information Theory
Volume59
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

Keywords

  • Codes on graphs
  • controllability
  • duality
  • local reducibility
  • observability
  • realizations

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Information Systems
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Library and Information Sciences

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