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Quantum error correction (QEC) is indispensable for realizing fault-tolerant quantum computation, yet its effectiveness hinges critically on the classical decoding algorithm that interprets noisy syndrome measurements. Among all possible…
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Zero-delay transmission of a Gaussian source over an additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channel is considered in the presence of an additive Gaussian interference signal. The mean squared error (MSE) distortion is minimized under an…
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Channel decoding is a challenging task in communication channels exhibiting memory effects. In this work, we apply the recently proposed decoding paradigm of guessing random additive noise decoding (GRAND) to channels with memory, focusing…
Maximum eigenvalue detection (MED) is an important application of random matrix theory in spectrum sensing and signal detection. However, in small signal-to-noise ratio environment, the maximum eigenvalue of the representative signal is at…
Optimal and suboptimal decentralized estimators in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) over orthogonal multiple-access fading channels are studied in this paper. Considering multiple-bit quantization before digital transmission, we develop…