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Polar Codes' Simplicity, Random Codes' Durability

Information Theory 2020-12-14 v1 math.IT

Abstract

Over any discrete memoryless channel, we build codes such that: for one, their block error probabilities and code rates scale like random codes'; and for two, their encoding and decoding complexities scale like polar codes'. Quantitatively, for any constants π,ρ>0\pi,\rho>0 such that π+2ρ<1\pi+2\rho<1, we construct a sequence of error correction codes with block length NN approaching infinity, block error probability exp(Nπ)\exp(-N^\pi), code rate NρN^{-\rho} less than the Shannon capacity, and encoding and decoding complexity O(NlogN)O(N\log N) per code block. The putative codes take uniform ς\varsigma-ary messages for sender's choice of prime ς\varsigma. The putative codes are optimal in the following manner: Should π+2ρ>1\pi+2\rho>1, no such codes exist for generic channels regardless of alphabet and complexity.

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@article{arxiv.1912.08995,
  title  = {Polar Codes' Simplicity, Random Codes' Durability},
  author = {Hsin-Po Wang and Iwan Duursma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.08995},
  year   = {2020}
}

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55 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables