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Least Squares Superposition Codes of Moderate Dictionary Size, Reliable at Rates up to Capacity

Information Theory 2010-06-21 v1 Machine Learning math.IT Statistics Theory Statistics Theory

Abstract

For the additive white Gaussian noise channel with average codeword power constraint, new coding methods are devised in which the codewords are sparse superpositions, that is, linear combinations of subsets of vectors from a given design, with the possible messages indexed by the choice of subset. Decoding is by least squares, tailored to the assumed form of linear combination. Communication is shown to be reliable with error probability exponentially small for all rates up to the Shannon capacity.

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@article{arxiv.1006.3780,
  title  = {Least Squares Superposition Codes of Moderate Dictionary Size, Reliable at Rates up to Capacity},
  author = {Andrew R. Barron and Antony Joseph},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1006.3780},
  year   = {2010}
}

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17 pages, 4 figures, journal submission