# Huawei Honors Polar Codes Inventor Professor Erdal Arıkan

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- Source language: English
- Duration: 2:11
- Published: 2026-09-18
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## Transcript

[0:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8nWByPzi2B2q/en/huawei-honors-polar-codes-inventor-professor-erdal-ar%C4%B1kan?t=4) Huawei's rotating chairman, Mr. Guo Ping, welcomes Professor Arikan on behalf of the company.

[0:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8nWByPzi2B2q/en/huawei-honors-polar-codes-inventor-professor-erdal-ar%C4%B1kan?t=12) Professor Arikan was born in 1958 and received his PhD from MIT at the age of 27.

[0:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8nWByPzi2B2q/en/huawei-honors-polar-codes-inventor-professor-erdal-ar%C4%B1kan?t=21) His mentor was Professor Robert Gallager, a renowned pioneer in information theory.

[0:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8nWByPzi2B2q/en/huawei-honors-polar-codes-inventor-professor-erdal-ar%C4%B1kan?t=30) Professor Arikan began researching sequential decoding for multiple access channels back in 1982.

[0:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8nWByPzi2B2q/en/huawei-honors-polar-codes-inventor-professor-erdal-ar%C4%B1kan?t=38) After more than 20 years of nonstop exploration, he discovered what are now known as polar codes.

[0:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8nWByPzi2B2q/en/huawei-honors-polar-codes-inventor-professor-erdal-ar%C4%B1kan?t=45) Polar codes significantly improve coding performance for 5G. At the same time, they reduce the complexity of design and ensure service quality.

[0:56](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8nWByPzi2B2q/en/huawei-honors-polar-codes-inventor-professor-erdal-ar%C4%B1kan?t=56) In 2016, 3GPP adopted polar codes as the official coding scheme for the control channels of 5G new radio interface.

[1:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8nWByPzi2B2q/en/huawei-honors-polar-codes-inventor-professor-erdal-ar%C4%B1kan?t=71) Today, as one of the core contributors to the 5G standardization process, Huawei is holding this ceremony for Professor Arikan and a group of outstanding scientists in recognition of their dedication to basic research and scientific exploration.

[1:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8nWByPzi2B2q/en/huawei-honors-polar-codes-inventor-professor-erdal-ar%C4%B1kan?t=100) As Professor Arikan enters the auditorium, he is met with a round of thunderous applause.