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Lattices have been used in several problems in coding theory and cryptography. In this paper we approach $q$-ary lattices obtained via Constructions D, $\D'$ and $\overline{D}$. It is shown connections between Constructions D and $\D'$.…
In this paper, we extend the lattice Constructions $D$, $D'$ and $\overline{D}$ $($this latter is also known as Forney's code formula$)$ from codes over $\mathbb{F}_p$ to linear codes over $\mathbb{Z}_q$, where $q \in \mathbb{N}$. We define…
Designs and methods for nested lattice codes using Construction D' lattices for coding and convolutional code lattices for shaping are described. Two encoding methods and a decoding algorithm for Construction D' coding lattices that can be…
Lattice codes are elegant and powerful structures that not only can achieve the capacity of the AWGN channel but are also a key ingredient to many multiterminal schemes that exploit linearity properties. However, constructing lattice codes…
This paper focuses on the encoding and decoding of Construction D' coding lattices that can be used with shaping lattices for power-constrained channels. Two encoding methods and a decoding algorithm for Construction D' lattices are given.…
Recently, Branco da Silva and Silva described an efficient encoding and decoding algorithm for Construction D$^\prime$ lattices. Using their algorithm, we propose a Construction D$^\prime$ lattice based on binary quasi-cyclic low-density…
The $q$-ary block codes with two distances $d$ and $d+1$ are considered. Several constructions of such codes are given, as in the linear case all codes can be obtained by a simple modification of linear equidistant codes. Upper bounds for…
q-ary lattices can be obtained from q-ary codes using the so-called Construction A. We investigate these lattices in the Lee metric and show how their decoding process can be related to the associated codes. For prime q we derive a Lee…
Most practical constructions of lattice codes with high coding gains are multilevel constructions where each level corresponds to an underlying code component. Construction D, Construction D$'$, and Forney's code formula are classical…
Lattice and special nonlattice multilevel constellations constructed from binary codes, such as Constructions A, C, and D, have relevant applications in Mathematics (sphere packing) and in Communication (multi-stage decoding and efficient…
A novel construction of lattices is proposed. This construction can be thought of as a special class of Construction A from codes over finite rings that can be represented as the Cartesian product of $L$ linear codes over…
We propose a construction of lattices from codes corresponding to lattices of type $A_n$, $D_n$ and $E_n$. This construction is a generalization of construction A of lattices from $p$-ary codes corresponding to a lattice of type $A_{p-1}$.…
Linear codes with a few weights are an important class of codes in coding theory and have attracted a lot of attention. In this paper, we present several constructions of $q$-ary linear codes with two or three weights from vectorial…
Low density generator matrix (LDGM) codes have an acceptable performance under iterative decoding algorithms. This idea is used to construct a class of lattices with relatively good performance and low encoding and decoding complexity. To…
Lattices are deceptively simple mathematical structures that have become indispensable for code design for physical layer communications. While lattice-related problems are interesting in their own right, the usefulness of these discrete…
In this paper, using compute-and-forward as an example, we provide an overview of constructions of lattices from codes that possess the right algebraic structures for harnessing interference. This includes Construction A, Construction D,…
The so-called min-sum algorithm has been applied for decoding lattices constructed by Construction D'. We generalize this iterative decoding algorithm to decode lattices constructed by Construction D. An upper bound on the decoding…
In this paper we give the generalization of lifted codes over any finite chain ring. This has been done by using the construction of finite chain rings from $p$-adic fields. Further we propose a lattice construction from linear codes over…
Linear codes with a few weights are very important in coding theory and have attracted a lot of attention. In this paper, we present a construction of $q$-ary linear codes from trace and norm functions over finite fields. The weight…
In this paper, we consider minimal linear codes in a general construction of linear codes from q-ary functions. First, we give the sufficient and necessary condition for codewords to be minimal. Second, as an application, we present four…