deCODE looks forward as database law passes

Quebec passes right-to-die law.

Distributed Decode-Forward for Relay Networks

A new coding scheme for general N -node relay networks is presented for unicast, multicast, and broadcast. The proposed distributed decode–forward scheme combines and generalizes Marton coding for single-hop broadcast channels and the Cover–El Gamal partial decode–forward coding scheme for 3-node relay channels. The key idea of the scheme is to precode all the codewords of the entire network at...

Soft Decode and Forward Improves Cooperative Communications

Mobile receivers can benefit from an increased spatial diversity through cooperation. Two relaying techniques are typically used : either Amplify and Forward (AF) or Decode and Forward (DF). This contribution presents a new technique which combines the main advantages of both AF and DF. This technique amounts to a DF scheme where all operations are performed in a soft-input soft-output fashion....

The law looks at assisted dying.

THE CONTROVERSY IGNITES The Society for the Legalisation of Voluntary Euthanasia was founded in 1935 by a group of eminent medical and clerical practitioners and held its first meeting in BMA House. These origins seem improbable in the light of the current attitude of both professions to assisted dying, but the new Society was enthusiastic and introduced its first Private Member ’s Bill in the ...

Selection combining for noncoherent decode-and-forward relay networks

This paper studies a new decode-and-forward relaying scheme for a cooperative wireless network composed of one source, K relays, and one destination and with binary frequency-shift keying modulation. A single threshold is employed to select retransmitting relays as follows: a relay retransmits to the destination if its decision variable is larger than the threshold; otherwise, it remains silent...