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This paper shows that the normalized maximum likelihood~(NML) code-length calculated in [1] is an upper bound on the NML code-length strictly calculated for the Gaussian Mixture Model. When we use this upper bound on the NML code-length, we…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-11-20 So Hirai , Kenji Yamanishi

Maximum-likelihood decoding is one of the central algorithmic problems in coding theory. It has been known for over 25 years that maximum-likelihood decoding of general linear codes is NP-hard. Nevertheless, it was so far unknown whether…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2007-07-16 Venkatesan Guruswami , Alexander Vardy

Successive cancellation list (SCL) decoding has been widely adopted for polar codes, which allows near maximum likelihood performance with sufficiently large list size. In this work, we show that, if the list size is $2^\gamma$, where…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-23 Alexander Sauter , Mustafa Cemil Coşkun , Gianluigi Liva

In this work, we introduce a framework to study the effect of random operations on the combinatorial list-decodability of a code. The operations we consider correspond to row and column operations on the matrix obtained from the code by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-08-12 Atri Rudra , Mary Wootters

Upper and lower bounds on the error probability of linear codes under maximum-likelihood (ML) decoding are shortly surveyed and applied to ensembles of codes on graphs. For upper bounds, focus is put on Gallager bounding techniques and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2007-07-13 Igal Sason , Shlomo Shamai

Recently, a new class of binary codes for overloaded CDMA systems are proposed that not only has the ability of errorless communication but also suitable for detecting active users. These codes are called COWDA [1]. In [1], a Maximum…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-01-26 Ali Mousavi , Pedram Pad , Farokh Marvasti

This paper is focused on the performance analysis of binary linear block codes (or ensembles) whose transmission takes place over independent and memoryless parallel channels. New upper bounds on the maximum-likelihood (ML) decoding error…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2007-07-13 I. Sason , I. Goldenberg

Maximum-likelihood (ML) decoding for arbitrary block codes remains fundamentally hard, with worst-case time complexity-measured by the total number of multiplications-being no better than straightforward exhaustive search, which requires…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Hoang Ly , Emina Soljanin , Michael Schleppy

We derive a single-letter upper bound to the mismatched-decoding capacity for discrete memoryless channels. The bound is expressed as the mutual information of a transformation of the channel, such that a maximum-likelihood decoding error…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-16 Ehsan Asadi Kangarshahi , Albert Guillén i Fàbregas

Decompilation aims to convert binary code to high-level source code, but traditional tools like Ghidra often produce results that are difficult to read and execute. Motivated by the advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs), we propose…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2025-08-06 Hanzhuo Tan , Qi Luo , Jing Li , Yuqun Zhang

In addition to a proposed codeword, error correction decoders that provide blockwise soft output (SO) return an estimate of the likelihood that the decoding is correct. Following Forney, such estimates are traditionally only possible for…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-24 Jiewei Feng , Ken R. Duffy , Muriel Médard

We investigate threshold-based multi-trial decoding of concatenated codes with an inner Maximum-Likelihood decoder and an outer error/erasure (L+1)/L-extended Bounded Distance decoder, i.e. a decoder which corrects e errors and t erasures…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-02-07 Christian Senger , Vladimir R. Sidorenko , Martin Bossert , Victor V. Zyablov

The successive cancellation list decoder (SCL) is an efficient decoder for classical polar codes with low decoding error, approximating the maximum likelihood decoder (MLD) for small list sizes. Here we adapt the SCL to the task of decoding…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-14 Anqi Gong , Joseph M. Renes

Polar codes are the first codes with a proven capacity-achieving capability, but their decoding faces several challenges, especially under long code lengths. In this paper, we target algorithmic improvements and analyses to enable the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Jiajie Li , Sihui Shen , Warren J. Gross

The 3D MIMO code is a robust and efficient space-time block code (STBC) for the distributed MIMO broadcasting but suffers from high maximum-likelihood (ML) decoding complexity. In this paper, we first analyze some properties of the 3D MIMO…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-01-16 Ming Liu , Matthieu Crussière , Maryline Hélard , Jean-François Hélard

We explore the relationship between polar and RM codes and we describe a coding scheme which improves upon the performance of the standard polar code at practical block lengths. Our starting point is the experimental observation that RM…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-09-04 Marco Mondelli , S. Hamed Hassani , Rüdiger Urbanke

The design of block codes for short information blocks (e.g., a thousand or less information bits) is an open research problem that is gaining relevance thanks to emerging applications in wireless communication networks. In this paper, we…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-03-12 Mustafa Cemil Coşkun , Giuseppe Durisi , Thomas Jerkovits , Gianluigi Liva , William Ryan , Brian Stein , Fabian Steiner

A lower bound on the maximum likelihood (ML) decoding error exponent of linear block code ensembles, on the erasure channel, is developed. The lower bound turns to be positive, over an ensemble specific interval of erasure probabilities,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-01-23 Enrico Paolini , Gianluigi Liva

In order to understand the performance of a code under maximum-likelihood (ML) decoding, it is crucial to know the minimal codewords. In the context of linear programming (LP) decoding, it turns out to be necessary to know the minimal…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Pascal O. Vontobel , Roxana Smarandache , Negar Kiyavash , Jason Teutsch , Dejan Vukobratovic

Non-binary linear block codes (NB-LBCs) are an important class of error-correcting codes that are especially competent in correcting burst errors. They have broad applications in modern communications and storage systems. However, efficient…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Jingyu Lin , Li Chen , Xiaoqian Ye