4 4 8 0 2 1 3 0 2 1 3 0 2 1 3 0 2 1 3 0 3 5 6 4 7 1 2 7 4 2 1 3 0 6 5 This is generated by the 1/2 AWGN code (5 7) by puncturing the first (MSB) bit. --> d_free=3 before puncturing: 00 03 31 32 30 33 01 02 13 10 22 21 23 20 12 11 or in decimal representation: 0 3 13 14 12 15 1 2 7 4 10 9 11 8 6 5 by punturing the MSB you get (dmin=3) 0 3 5 6 4 7 1 2 7 4 2 1 3 0 6 5 and by puncturing the LSB (something is wrong with this code) 0 1 6 7 6 7 0 1 3 2 5 4 5 4 3 2