arXiv:2506.15836cs.ITcs.LG2025-06被引 2

用神经极化解码器优化非均匀信道的编码率,提升通信性能。

Code Rate Optimization via Neural Polar Decoders

  • 通过神经极化解码器估计信道互信息,迭代优化输入分布参数
  • 在无记忆和有限状态信道上,互信息与误码率显著优于均匀分布
  • 适合未知信道模型的场景,适用于实际通信系统设计

本文提出一种基于神经极化解码器(NPD)优化通信码率的方法。该方法在信道模型未知的情况下,将信道视为黑箱,利用极化码框架,通过NPD估计信道输入输出间的互信息(MI),并优化输入分布的参数化模型。整个过程分为训练与推理两阶段:训练阶段交替执行互信息估计与参数优化;推理阶段使用优化后的模型构造极化码,结合Honda-Yamamoto(HY)方案处理非均匀输入分布,并采用列表译码提升性能。实验表明,在无记忆信道和有限状态信道(FSCs)上,当容量最优输入分布非均匀时,本方法在码长1024以内显著提升互信息与误码率(BER),优于均匀独立同分布(i.i.d.)输入分布。该可扩展方法为真实通信系统中的理论容量与实际编码性能之间搭建桥梁。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

This paper proposes a method to optimize communication code rates via the application of neural polar decoders (NPDs). Employing this approach enables simultaneous optimization of code rates over input distributions while providing a practical coding scheme within the framework of polar codes. The proposed approach is designed for scenarios where the channel model is unknown, treating the channel as a black box that produces output samples from input samples. We employ polar codes to achieve our objectives, using NPDs to estimate mutual information (MI) between the channel inputs and outputs, and optimize a parametric model of the input distribution. The methodology involves a two-phase process: a training phase and an inference phase. In the training phase, two steps are repeated interchangeably. First, the estimation step estimates the MI of the channel inputs and outputs via NPDs. Second, the improvement step optimizes the input distribution parameters to maximize the MI estimate obtained by the NPDs. In the inference phase, the optimized model is used to construct polar codes. This involves incorporating the Honda-Yamamoto (HY) scheme to accommodate the optimized input distributions and list decoding to enhance decoding performance. Experimental results on memoryless and finite-state channels (FSCs) demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach, particularly in cases where the channel's capacity-achieving input distribution is non-uniform. For these cases, we show significant improvements in MI and bit error rates (BERs) over those achieved by uniform and independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) input distributions, validating our method for block lengths up to 1024. This scalable approach has potential applications in real-world communication systems, bridging theoretical capacity estimation and practical coding performance.

极化码神经解码码率优化

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