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We develop a simple and general post-selection strategy for high-rate quantum codes that is transferrable across decoders. After an initial baseline run, the decoder is re-run once per logical observable, and forced in these latter runs to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-21 Adam Wills , Theodore J. Yoder , Isaac Chuang

Low-density parity-check (LPDC) decoders assume the channel estate information (CSI) is known and they have the true a posteriori probability (APP) for each transmitted bit. But in most cases of interest, the CSI needs to be estimated with…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-06-07 Luis Salamanca , Juan José Murillo-Fuentes , Fernando Pérez-Cruz

This paper presents an analysis of how to calculate bit error ratio (BER) with physical explanation for optically pre-amplified DPSK receivers using optical Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) demodulation and balanced detection. It is shown…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-26 Xiupu Zhang , Zhenqian Qu , Lei Wang

Obtaining high-quality labels is costly, whereas unlabeled covariates are often abundant, motivating semi-supervised inference methods with reliable uncertainty quantification. Prediction-powered inference (PPI) leverages a machine-learning…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2026-05-29 Se Yoon Lee , Jae Kwang Kim

Image sensor communication (ISC) employing a propeller-LED transmitter encodes data along rotating light trails. We present an analytical framework that (i) constructs a single-LED, single-blink light trail model that maps optical power to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Shin Asaoka , Shan Lu , Zhengqiang Tang , and Takaya Yamazato

We consider bit interleaved coded modulation (BICM) receiver performance improvement based on the concept of generalized mutual information (GMI). Increasing achievable rates of BICM receiver with GMI maximization by proper scaling of the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-03-20 Jinhong Wu , Mostafa El-Khamy , Jungwon Lee , Inyup Kang

Advanced channel decoders rely on soft-decision decoder inputs for which mutual information (MI) is the natural figure of merit. In this paper, we analyze an optical fiber system by evaluating MI as the maximum achievable rate of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-11-20 Tobias Fehenberger , Norbert Hanik

This paper considers the problem of channel coding over Gaussian intersymbol interference (ISI) channels with a given metric decoding rule. Specifically, it is assumed that the mismatched decoder has an incorrect assumption on the impulse…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-06-20 Wasim Huleihel , Salman Salamatian , Neri Merhav , Muriel Médard

Bit-interleaved coded modulation (BICM) and multilevel coded modulation (MLC) are commonly used to combine polar codes with high order modulation. While BICM benefits from simple design and the separation of coding and modulation, MLC shows…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-16 Hanwen Yao , Jinfeng Du , Alexander Vardy

A 60 GHz wireless Gigabit Ethernet (G.E.) communication system capable of near gigabit data rate has been developed at IETR. The realized system covers 2 GHz available bandwidth. This paper describes the design and realization of the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2010-11-30 Lahatra Rakotondrainibe , Yvan Kokar , Gheorghe Zaharia , Guy Grunfelder , Ghaïs El Zein

Superdense coding promises increased classical capacity and communication security but this advantage may be undermined by noise in the quantum channel. We present a numerical study of how forward error correction (FEC) applied to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-05-25 Ronald J. Sadlier , Travis S. Humble

Brain decoding has emerged as a rapidly advancing and extensively utilized technique within neuroscience. This paper centers on the application of raw electroencephalogram (EEG) signals for decoding human brain activity, offering a more…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-02-04 Zenon Lamprou , Yashar Moshfeghi

We analyze the achievable information rates (AIRs) for coded modulation schemes with QAM constellations with both bit-wise and symbol-wise decoders, corresponding to the case where a binary code is used in combination with a higher-order…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-11-03 Alireza Sheikh , Alexandre Graell i Amat , Gianluigi Liva

This paper carries out the first-ever investigation of the analysis of a cooperative Decode-and-Forward (DF) relay network with Chaos Shift Keying (CSK) modulation. The performance analysis of DF-CSK in this paper takes into account the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-09-26 Georges Kaddoum , Francois Gagnon

In digital baseband processing, the forward error correction (FEC) unit belongs to the most demanding components in terms of computational complexity and power consumption. Hence, efficient implementation of FEC decoders is crucial for next…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-04 Claus Kestel , Lucas Johannsen , Norbert Wehn

For communication systems with heavy burst noise, an optimal Forward Error Correction (FEC) scheme is expected to have a large burst error correction capacity while simultaneously owning moderate random error correction capability. This…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-01-27 Z. Wang , A. Chini , M. Kilani , J. Zhou

In this paper, we investigate the impact of Forward Error Correction (FEC) codes namely Cyclic Redundancy Code and Convolution Code on the performance of OFDM wireless communication system for speech signal transmission over both AWGN and…

Generalized spatial modulation-aided affine frequency division multiplexing (GSM-AFDM) is conceived for reliable multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications over doubly selective channels. \textcolor{black}{We commence by proposing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-18 Zeping Sui , Zilong Liu , Leila Musavian , Lie-Liang Yang , Lajos Hanzo

This paper deals with two main issues regarding the short polar codes: the potential of FEC-assisted decoding and optimal code concatenation strategies under various design scenarios. Code concatenation and FEC-assisted decoding are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-07-26 Mohammad Sadegh Mohammadi , Eryk Dutkiewicz , Qi Zhang

In this letter, we incorporate index modulation (IM) into affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM), called AFDM-IM, to enhance the bit error rate (BER) and energy efficiency (EE) performance. In this scheme, the information bits are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-05 Jing Zhu , Qu Luo , Gaojie Chen , Pei Xiao , Lixia Xiao