Algebraic codes for Slepian-Wolf code design

Shizheng Li; Aditya Ramamoorthy

Home/Archive/arXiv

arXiv · 1106.2792

Algebraic codes for Slepian-Wolf code design

Shizheng Li·Aditya Ramamoorthy

View original source ↗Read source document ↗Export metadata ↓

Abstract

Practical constructions of lossless distributed source codes (for the Slepian-Wolf problem) have been the subject of much investigation in the past decade. In particular, near-capacity achieving code designs based on LDPC codes have been presented for the case of two binary sources, with a binary-symmetric correlation. However, constructing practical codes for the case of non-binary sources with arbitrary correlation remains by and large open. From a practical perspective it is also interesting to consider coding schemes whose performance remains robust to uncertainties in the joint distribution of the sources. In this work we propose the usage of Reed-Solomon (RS) codes for the asymmetric version of this problem. We show that algebraic soft-decision decoding of RS codes can be used effectively under certain correlation structures. In addition, RS codes offer natural rate adaptivity and performance that remains constant across a family of correlation structures with the same conditional entropy. The performance of RS codes is compared with dedicated and rate adaptive multistage LDPC codes (Varodayan et al. '06), where each LDPC code is used to compress the individual bit planes. Our simulations show that in classical Slepian-Wolf scenario, RS codes outperform both dedicated and rate-adaptive LDPC codes under $q$-ary symmetric correlation, and are better than rate-adaptive LDPC codes in the case of sparse correlation models, where the conditional distribution of the sources has only a few dominant entries. In a feedback scenario, the performance of RS codes is comparable with both designs of LDPC codes. Our simulations also demonstrate that the performance of RS codes in the presence of inaccuracies in the joint distribution of the sources is much better as compared to multistage LDPC codes.

Explore related subjects

cs.IT math.IT

Keep this discovery

Explore connections, maps & timelines

BibTeX RIS

Shizheng Li, Aditya Ramamoorthy. 2011-06-14. Algebraic codes for Slepian-Wolf code design. https://arxiv.org/abs/1106.2792

Cite the original work for its findings. Save a collection to share your selection of sources.

KEEP EXPLORING

Related papers

arXiv2026

Bistatic Target Detection by Exploiting Both Deterministic Pilots and Unknown Random Data Payloads

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) plays a crucial role in 6G, to enable innovative applications such as drone surveillance, urban air mobility, and low-altitude logistics. However, the hybrid ISAC signal, which comprises deterministic pilot and random data payload components, poses challenges for target detection due to two reasons: 1) these two components cause coupled shifts in both the mean and variance of the received signal, and 2) the random data payloads are typically unknown to the sensing receiver in the bistatic setting. Unfortunately, these challenges could not be tackled by existing target detection algorithms. In this paper, a generalized likelihood ratio test (GLRT)-based detector is derived, by leveraging the known deterministic pilots and the statistical characteristics of the unknown random data payloads. Due to the analytical intractability of exact performance characterization, we perform an asymptotic analysis for the false alarm probability and detection probability of the proposed detector. The results highlight a critical trade-off: both deterministic and random components improve detection reliability, but the latter also brings statistical uncertainty that hinders detection performance. Simulations validate the theoretical findings and demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed detector, which highlights the necessity of designing a dedicated detector to fully exploited the signaling resources assigned to random data payloads.

cs.IT↗

arXiv2026

On Unbiased Parameter Estimation and Signal Reconstruction

In this paper, we extend the theory of depth-unbiased source localization to unbiased parameter estimation and signal reconstruction for an arbitrary number of non-zero parameters. The topic touches on exact reconstructibility, most commonly studied in compressed sensing and multisource estimation across various imaging problems. The theoretical results derive upper bounds on the number of recoverable parameters in the noiseless case, and define a probability measure to assess the likelihood of recovering all non-zero parameters with correct magnitude order. The work provides a mathematical explanation of the open question regarding the noise robustness of standardized and unbiased methods. The paper also reveals a trade-off between the number of sensors and the signal-to-noise ratio. Numerical experiments demonstrate the theoretical findings.

cs.IT↗

arXiv2026

Minimum enclosing Bregman balls made easy

In this work, we revisit the problem of computing minimum enclosing Bregman balls (Bregman MEBs) of finite sets of parameters. First, we show that Bregman MEBs are equivalent to MEBs of corresponding weighted point sets with respect to the power distance. We then report an efficient Frank--Wolfe $(1+ε)$-approximation algorithm for computing power MEBs, for any $ε>0$. This power MEB approximation algorithm coincides with the Bregman MEB approximation algorithm of Nock and Nielsen (2005) when expressed in the dual gradient space. Finally, we show that the Bregman potential lifting transforms used to construct Bregman Voronoi diagrams can be reinterpreted as the classical paraboloid lifting transform applied to corresponding weighted point sets. In particular, Bregman MEB circumcenters lie on the farthest Bregman Voronoi diagrams or equivalently on the corresponding farthest power diagrams.

cs.IT↗