Codes for Channels with Insertions, Deletions and Substitutions

Edward A Ratzer and David J C MacKay

We compare the performance of two codes for channels with insertion and deletion errors: marker codes and watermark codes. Both codes are decoded using the sum-product algorithm. Marker codes can be viewed as an extreme case of irregular watermark codes. Our experiments give evidence that irregular constructions can improve watermark codes' performance.

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