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We introduce and study a family of rate-compatible Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) codes characterized by very simple encoders. The design of these codes starts from simplex codes, which are defined by parity-check matrices having a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-09-27 Massimo Battaglioni , Marco Baldi , Franco Chiaraluce , Giovanni Cancellieri

This paper investigates the design of self-connected spatially coupled low-density parity-check (SC-LDPC) codes. First, a termination method is proposed to reduce rate loss. Particularly, a single-side open SC-LDPC ensemble is introduced,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-03 Yihuan Liao , Min Qiu , Jinhong Yuan

Forward error correcting (FEC) codes are used in many communication standards with a wide range of re quirements. FEC codes should work close to capacity, achieve low error floors, and have low decoding complexity. In this paper, we propose…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-05-26 Vincent Wüst , Erdem Eray Cil , Laurent Schmalen

In this work, we describe an LDPC code design framework for the unequal power two-user Gaussian multiple access channel using EXIT charts. We show that the sum-rate of the LDPC codes designed using our approach can get close to the maximal…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-05-17 Alexios Balatsoukas Stimming , Athanasios P. Liavas

Quasi-cyclic low-density parity-check (QC-LDPC) codes based on protographs are of great interest to code designers because analysis and implementation are facilitated by the protograph structure and the use of circulant permutation matrices…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-07-22 David G. M. Mitchell , Roxana Smarandache , Daniel J. Costello

This work addresses the physical layer channel code design for an uncoordinated, frame- and slot-asynchronous random access protocol. Starting from the observation that collisions between two users yield very specific interference patterns,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-08-06 Federico Clazzer , Balazs Matuz , Sachini Jayasooriya , Mahyar Shirvanimoghaddam , Sarah J. Johnson

Low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes are among the most prominent error-correction schemes. They find application to fortify various modern storage, communication, and computing systems. Protograph-based (PB) LDPC codes offer many degrees…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-29 Ata Tanrıkulu , Mete Yıldırım , Ahmed Hareedy

In this paper, we propose a new method to design low-density parity-check Hadamard (LDPC-Hadamard) codes, a type of ultimate-Shannon-limit approaching channel codes. The technique is based on applying Hadamard constraints to the check nodes…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-01-06 Peng W. Zhang , Francis C. M. Lau , Chiu-W. Sham

In this paper we design non-uniform bit-wise puncturing distributions for irregular non-binary LDPC (NB-LDPC) codes. The puncturing distributions are optimized by minimizing the decoding threshold of the punctured LDPC code, the threshold…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-05-03 Matteo Gorgoglione , Valentin Savin , David Declercq

We investigate weakly constrained codes, in which specific patterns occur with prescribed frequencies rather than being strictly forbidden as in conventional constrained coding. We propose a capacity-achieving construction of a weakly…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Prachi Mishra , Sidharth Jaggi , Navin Kashyap , Michael Langberg

Designing large coupling memory quasi-cyclic spatially-coupled LDPC (QC-SC-LDPC) codes with low error floors requires eliminating specific harmful substructures (e.g., short cycles) induced by edge spreading and lifting. Building on our…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Lei Huang

Rate-matching of low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes enables a single code description to support a wide range of code lengths and rates. In 5G NR, rate matching is accomplished by extending (lifting) a base code to a desired target…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-29 Reinhard Wiesmayr , Darja Nonaca , Chris Dick , Christoph Studer

Spatially-coupled (SC) LDPC codes have recently emerged as an excellent choice for error correction in modern data storage and communication systems due to their outstanding performance. It has long been known that irregular graph codes…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-06-17 Homa Esfahanizadeh , Ruiyi Wu , Lara Dolecek

This paper presents a novel design framework for protograph-based LDPC codes that simultaneously achieves full diversity in block-fading channels (BFCs) and nearcapacity performance in additive white Gaussian noise channels (AWGNCs). By…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Inki Kim , Hyuntae Ahn , Yongjune Kim , Hee-Youl Kwak , Dae-Young Yun , Sang-Hyo Kim

In the practical continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD) system, the postprocessing process, particularly the error correction part, significantly impacts the system performance. Multi-edge type low-density parity-check…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-26 Chao Zhou , Xiangyu Wang , Zhiguo Zhang , Song Yu , Ziyang Chen , Hong Guo

A simple and general definition of quasi cyclic low density parity check (QC LDPC) codes which are constructed based on circulant permutation matrices (CPM) is proposed. As an special case of this definition, we first represent one type of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-01-24 A. Tasdighi , M. R. Sadeghi

Artificial intelligence (AI) provides an alternative way to design channel coding with affordable complexity. However, most existing studies can only learn codes for a given size and rate, typically defined by a fixed network architecture…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-28 Yukun Cheng , Wei Chen , Tianwei Hou , Geoffrey Ye Li , Bo Ai

This paper propose a decoder architecture for low-density parity-check convolutional code (LDPCCC). Specifically, the LDPCCC is derived from a quasi-cyclic (QC) LDPC block code. By making use of the quasi-cyclic structure, the proposed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Chiu-Wing Sham , Xu Chen , Francis C. M. Lau , Yue Zhao , Wai M. Tam

Next-generation wireless communication systems impose much stricter requirements for transmission rate, latency, and reliability. The peak data rate of 6G networks should be no less than 1 Tb/s, which is comparable to existing long-haul…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Kirill Andreev , Pavel Rybin , Alexey Frolov

Recently, automorphism ensemble decoding (AED) has drawn research interest as a more computationally efficient alternative to successive cancellation list (SCL) decoding of polar codes. Although AED has demonstrated superior performance for…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-03 Marvin Geiselhart , Jannis Clausius , Stephan ten Brink