Distributed LT codes

Srinath Puducheri, Jörg Kliewer, Thomas B. Fuja

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Abstract

This paper proposes a novel distributed encoding procedure to realize codes that resemble LT codes (rateless codes for erasure correction) in both structure and performance. For the case of two sources communicating with a single sink via a common relay, this technique separately encodes k/2 symbols of information onto slightly more than k code symbols at each source. These two codewords are then selectively XOR-ed at the relay, such that the result can be decoded by the sink to recover all k information symbols. It is shown that, for the case of four sources communicating to a single sink, the use of a similar distributed LT code leads to a 50% reduction in overhead at the sink, compared to the use of four individual LT codes.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2006 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2006
Pages987-991
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes
Event2006 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2006 - Seattle, WA, United States
Duration: Jul 9 2006Jul 14 2006

Publication series

NameIEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings
ISSN (Print)2157-8101

Other

Other2006 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2006
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySeattle, WA
Period7/9/067/14/06

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Information Systems
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Applied Mathematics

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