23. in other words, a code with a distance profile d0, d1, ... ,dm is more favorable than another code with a distance profile d'0, d'1, ... , d'm if
d1=d'l, l=0,1,..,l-1
d1>d'l, l=l'
for some l', 0 <= l' <= m.

l. h. charles lee - convolutional coding fundamentals and applications
(bax: okuyom ben ya)