Systematic encoding and shortening of PAC codes
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2020-11
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Entropy
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1099-4300
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MDPI AG
Volume
22
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11
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1 - 7
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English
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Abstract
Polarization adjusted convolutional (PAC) codes are a class of codes that combine channel polarization with convolutional coding. PAC codes are of interest for their high performance. This paper presents a systematic encoding and shortening method for PAC codes. Systematic encoding is important for lowering the bit-error rate (BER) of PAC codes. Shortening is important for adjusting the block length of PAC codes. It is shown that systematic encoding and shortening of PAC codes can be carried out in a unified framework.