The structure of polarized channels via explicit parameters

Autor: Naveen Goela
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Allerton
Popis: The polarization of the BSC(γ 1 ) with a BSC(γ 2 ) is characterized explicitly for γ 1 , γ 2 ∈ [0, 1/2]. The polarization yields a channel W− which is a BSC(λ), and a channel W+ which is composed of a BSC(ξ) with probability 1 − λ and a BSC(ϕ) with probability λ. The parameters λ, ξ and ϕ are functions of γ 1 and γ 2 . For a general binary-input, output-symmetric, discrete, memoryless (BMS) channel W, a simple method is identified for constructing polar codes based on the fact that each polarized channel is defined by a mutual information profile, and is comprised of sub-channel components, similar to results by [Pedarsani et al., 2011; Tal and Vardy, 2013]. Algebraic polar transforms may be applied recursively to each sub-channel component. As an example, polar codes are constructed for a hybrid BMS channel with an erasure probability ϵ, a bit-flip probability γ, and capacity C(ϵ, γ) = (1 − ϵ)(1 − h b (γ)) where h b (x) ≜ −x log 2 (x)−(1−x) log 2 (1−x). Based on the structure of polarization via explicit parameters, relations regarding the information density and channel dispersion V (W) are analyzed for polarized channels, including the super-martingale property of V (W). The analysis depends on second-order terms involving the function ψ(x) ≜ x log 2 2 x + (1 − x) log 2 2(1 − x).
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