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FEC (forward-error-correction) techniques correct errors at the receiver end of digital communications systems. In contrast with error-detection and retransmission ...

Communication-system designers have always had to deal with trade-offs among data reliability, efficient use of available spectrum, data throughput, and cost. Error-correction coding (ECC) is one of ...

Critics worry a new law could curb freedom of expression, affect tourism and cut communication with the many Nepalis who work abroad. By Bhadra Sharma Reporting from Kathmandu, Nepal Nepal’s ...

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Hundreds of women have been arrested for "bad hijab" Thousands of Iranian women have been cautioned over their poor Islamic dress this week and several hundred arrested in the capital Tehran in the ...

Abstract: Recently, a novel variation of polar codes known as polarization-adjusted convolutional (PAC) codes has been introduced by Arıkan. These codes significantly outperform conventional polar and ...

Difference algorithms compare two inputs and find the edits that transform one to the other. This is very useful to understand changes, for example when comparing a test result with the tests ...

Abstract: In this paper, we propose an algorithm to transform a generator matrix of a linear block code into a minimum weight staircase generator matrix (MWSGM). This allows us to apply the ...