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Approaching Blokh-Zyablov Error Exponent with Linear-Time Encodable/Decodable Codes

Information Theory 2016-11-17 v2 Computational Complexity math.IT

Abstract

Guruswami and Indyk showed in [1] that Forney's error exponent can be achieved with linear coding complexity over binary symmetric channels. This paper extends this conclusion to general discrete-time memoryless channels and shows that Forney's and Blokh-Zyablov error exponents can be arbitrarily approached by one-level and multi-level concatenated codes with linear encoding/decoding complexity. The key result is a revision to Forney's general minimum distance decoding algorithm, which enables a low complexity integration of Guruswami-Indyk's outer codes into the concatenated coding schemes.

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@article{arxiv.0808.3756,
  title  = {Approaching Blokh-Zyablov Error Exponent with Linear-Time Encodable/Decodable Codes},
  author = {Zheng Wang and Jie Luo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.3756},
  year   = {2016}
}

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Submitted to IEEE Communications Letters

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