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We consider the concatenation of a convolutional code (CC) with an optimized cyclic redundancy check (CRC) code as a promising paradigm for good short blocklength codes. The resulting CRC-aided convolutional code naturally permits the use…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-11 Hengjie Yang , Ethan Liang , Minghao Pan , Richard Wesel

Motivated by the need for channel codes with low-complexity soft-decision decoding algorithms, we consider the recursive Plotkin concatenation of optimal low-rate and high-rate codes based on simplex codes and their duals. These component…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Andreas Zunker , Marvin Rübenacke , Stephan ten Brink

Sparse Network Coding (SNC) has been a promising network coding scheme as an improvement for Random Linear Network Coding (RLNC) in terms of the computational complexity. However, in this literature, there has been no analytical expressions…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-07-30 Hadi Sehat , Peyman Pahlevani

We propose iterative detection and decoding (IDD) algorithms with Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) codes for Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) systems operating in block-fading and fast Rayleigh fading channels. Soft-input soft-output…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 André Uchoa , Cornelius T. Healy , Rodrigo C. de Lamare

In this paper, we introduce a new coding and decoding structure for enhancing the reliability and performance of polar codes, specifically at low error rates. We achieve this by concatenating two polar codes in series to create robust…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-11-07 Mohammed Mensouri , Mustapha Eddahibi

Spatially-coupled (SC) codes, known for their threshold saturation phenomenon and low-latency windowed decoding algorithms, are ideal for streaming applications and data storage systems. SC codes are constructed by partitioning an…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-09-21 Siyi Yang , Ahmed Hareedy , Robert Calderbank , Lara Dolecek

We propose a novel soft-aided hard-decision decoding algorithm for general product-like codes. It achieves error correcting performance similar to that of a soft-decision turbo decoder for staircase and OFEC codes, while maintaining a low…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-01 Lukas Rapp , Sisi Miao , Laurent Schmalen

Register Transfer Level(RTL) code optimization is crucial for achieving high performance and low power consumption in digital circuit design. However, traditional optimization methods often rely on manual tuning and heuristics, which can be…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-07-23 Zhihao Xu , Bixin Li , Lulu Wang

We introduce Noise Recycling, a method that substantially enhances decoding performance of orthogonal channels subject to correlated noise without the need for joint encoding or decoding. The method can be used with any combination of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-06-11 Alejandro Cohen , Amit Solomon , Ken R. Duffy , Muriel Médard

Semidefinite Programming (SDP) provides tight lower bounds for Optimal Power Flow problems. However, solving large-scale SDP problems requires exploiting sparsity. In this paper, we experiment several clique decomposition algorithms that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-12-20 Julie Sliwak , Miguel Anjos , Lucas Létocart , Jean Maeght , Emiliano Traversi

Orthogonality is a much desired property for MIMO coding. It enables symbol-wise decoding, where the errors in other symbol estimates do not affect the result, thus providing an optimality that is worth pursuing. Another beneficial property…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Risto Nordman

Powerful Forward Error Correction (FEC) schemes are used in optical communications to achieve bit-error rates below $10^{-15}$. These FECs follow one of two approaches: concatenation of simpler hard-decision codes or usage of inherently…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2017-09-01 Carlo Condo , Pascal Giard , François Leduc-Primeau , Gabi Sarkis , Warren J. Gross

We propose a novel approach for channel state information (CSI) compression in multiple-input multiple-output orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MIMO-OFDM) systems, where the frequency-domain channel matrix is treated as a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-28 Bumsu Park , Heedong Do , Namyoon Lee

In this letter, we propose a reliability-based windowed decoding scheme for spatially-coupled (SC) low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes. To mitigate the error propagation along the sliding windowed decoder of the SC LDPC codes, a partial…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-05-10 Peng Kang , Yixuan Xie , Lei Yang , Jinhong Yuan

Sparse intersymbol-interference (ISI) channels are encountered in a variety of high-data-rate communication systems. Such channels have a large channel memory length, but only a small number of significant channel coefficients. In this…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Jan Mietzner , Sabah Badri-Hoeher , Ingmar Land , Peter A. Hoeher

Point-to-multipoint communications are expected to play a pivotal role in next-generation networks. This paper refers to a cellular system transmitting layered multicast services to a multicast group of users. Reliability of communications…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Andrea Tassi , Ioannis Chatzigeorgiou , Daniel E. Lucani

We study exact decoding for the toric code and for planar and rotated surface codes under the standard independent \(X/Z\) noise model, focusing on Separate Minimum Weight (SMW) decoding and Separate Most Likely Coset (SMLC) decoding. For…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-06 Louay Bazzi

This paper discusses bit-level soft decoding of triple-parity Reed-Solomon (RS) codes through automorphism permutation. A new method for identifying the automorphism groups of RS binary images is first developed. The new algorithm runs…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-03-19 Vo Tam Van , Seiichi Mita , Jing , Li , Chau Yuen , Yong Liang Guan

Binary linear block codes (BLBCs) are essential to modern communication, but their diverse structures often require tailor-made decoders, increasing complexity. This work introduces enhanced polar decoding ($\mathsf{PD}^+$), a universal…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-05-16 Chien-Ying Lin , Yu-Chih Huang , Shin-Lin Shieh , Po-Ning Chen

A novel adaptive binary decoding algorithm for LDPC codes is proposed, which reduces the decoding complexity while having a comparable or even better performance than corresponding non-adaptive alternatives. In each iteration the variable…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2009-04-24 Ingmar Land , Gottfried Lechner , Lars K. Rasmussen