title: Cascading parity-check error-correcting codes
abstract: A method for improving the performance of sparse-matrix based parity check codes is proposed, based on insight gained from methods of statistical physics. The advantages of this approach are demonstrated on an existing encoding/decoding paradigm suggested by Sourlas. We also discuss the application of the same method to more advanced codes of a similar type.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel.
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authors.lastname: Kanter
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authors.lastname: Saad