Integer codes and their applications: an overview
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.55630/mem.2026.55.320-328Keywords:
integer codes, QAM, flash memory, optical channelsAbstract
The paper is a short overview of the known applications of codes over a ring of integers modulo a given positive integer to error controlling in digital communications and storage. The presented successful applications demonstrate that integer codes with their simple encoding and decoding are at least commensurable with other codes with similar parameters. Moreover in many situations they are preferable.
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