[IEEE Trans. on Information Theory, September 2000, pp. 2133-2151]

Source and Channel Rate Allocation for Channel Codes
Satisfying the Gilbert-Varshamov or Tsfasman-Vladut-Zink Bounds

András Méhes and Kenneth Zeger

Abstract

We derive bounds for optimal rate allocation between source and channel coding for linear channel codes that meet the Gilbert-Varshamov or Tsfasman-Vladut-Zink bounds. Formulas giving the high resolution vector quantizer distortion of these systems are also derived. In addition, we give bounds on how far below channel capacity the transmission rate should be for a given delay constraint.