Asymptotic properties on the codeword length distribution of optimal FV codes for general sources

This paper treats the codeword length of a fixed-to-variable length code (FV code) as a random variable and analyzes its asymptotic properties. It is shown that for a given general source the codeword length can be viewed as the self information as n/spl rarr//spl infin/ if a certain kind of optimal lossless FV code is used.