Towards a Unified Coding Scheme for 6G
The growing demand for higher data rates necessitates continuous innovations in wireless communication systems, particularly with the emergence of 6G. Channel coding plays a crucial role in this evolution. In 5G systems, rate-adaptive raptor-like quasi-cyclic irregular low-density parity-check codes are used for the data link, while polar codes with successive cancellation list decoding handle short messages on the synchronization channel. However, to meet the stringent requirements of future 6G systems, a versatile and unified coding scheme should be developed—one that offers competitive error-correcting performance alongside low complexity encoding and decoding schemes that enable energy-efficient hardware implementations. This white paper outlines the vision for such a unified coding scheme. We explore various 6G communication scenarios that pose new challenges to channel coding and provide a first analysis of potential solutions.
Authors
- Felix Krieg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5886-4677)
- Claus Kestel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3915-9097)
- Lucas Johannsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1858-8466)
- Haizheng Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0722-317X)
- Sisi Miao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3483-7891)
- Jonathan Mandelbaum
- Jannis Clausius (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6128-7071)
- Daniel Tandler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9866-2537)
- Oliver Griebel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5295-0310)
- Andreas Zunker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2472-5948)
- Tim Janz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4939-5519)
- Marvin Rübenacke
- Paul Bezner
- Norbert Wehn
- Laurent Schmalen
- Erdem Eray Cil
Institutions
- University of Stuttgart (DE)
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE)
- University of Kaiserslautern (DE)
- Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ArXiv.org
- Published
- 2026-02-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18470549
- Primary Topic
- Error Correcting Code Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00