RETRACTED: Improved Polar Decoder Utilizing Neural Network in Fast Simplified Successive-Cancellation Decoding

Jiaxin Fang, Chunwu Liu

College of Artificial Intelligence, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China.

DOI: 10.4236/opj.2020.106016                

Abstract

This article has been retracted to straighten the academic record. In making this decision the Editorial Board follows COPE's Retraction Guidelines. The aim is to promote the circulation of scientific research by offering an ideal research publication platform with due consideration of internationally accepted standards on publication ethics. The Editorial Board would like to extend its sincere apologies for any inconvenience this retraction may have caused.

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Keywords

Polar Codes, Decoding Latency, Fast Simplified Successive-Cancellation Decoding (Fast-SSC), Neural Network (NN)

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this paper.

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