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Research Area

  • Title:
    Coding for Data Reliability

  • Keywords:

    Error correcting codes, LDPC codes, Data reliability.

  • Description:

    This research topic is focused on techniques for the reliability of information and, in particular, on coding for error correction. Techniques of this type can be designed for application in many specific contexts: among the most relevant ones in current communication scenarios, we can mention 5G and beyond-5G (6G) cellular networks, where ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC) and massive machine-type communications (mMTC) impose stringent requirements in terms of reliability, latency, and scalability. Another important application domain is represented by deep-space systems, where error correcting codes are used to improve the performance of telemetry and telecommand links under extremely low signal-to-noise ratio conditions. In addition, quantum communication and quantum computing systems rely on quantum error correcting codes to protect fragile quantum states against decoherence and operational noise, making quantum coding theory a rapidly growing and strategically important research area. A further, very promising application concerns the use of error correcting codes for post-quantum asymmetric cryptography, where code-based solutions constitute a valid alternative to other well-established cryptographic schemes. The research consists of designing, analyzing, and simulating the behavior of classical and state-of-the-art error correcting codes, with special emphasis on low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes in their various variants and under different channel models and operating conditions.

  • Contact Person:

    Franco Chiaraluce

  • Collaborations:

    Politecnico di Torino, Università di Bologna, European Space Agency, New Mexico State University

  • Projects:
    The following project has been funded in the period 2022-2025 by the European Union – Next Generation EU under the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), in favor of the research group, on issues related to this research topic:
    • ECONET (Efficient and Reliable Communication Networks) – The project focuses on the efficient transmission of small data packets, which are vital for Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communications (URLLCs) and massive Machine Type Communications (mMTCs)

    The following project has been funded in the period 2022-2025 by the European Space Agency, in favor of the research group, on issues related to this research topic:
    • OFF-A (Offline Antenna Correlator for EnVision) – Development of an advanced offline operational arraying software tool specifically tailored to fulfill the unique requirements of ESA EnVision mission
    • MASSCON (Multiple access sequences for satellite constellations without centralised management) – Design of suitable CDMA sequence to mange uncoordinated transmissions in large satellite LEO constellations