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# Arkastone Documentation

Welcome to the **Arkastone** project — a modular, extensible framework for simulating and prototyping end-to-end digital communication systems. Built in Python, Arkastone is designed for research, experimentation, and production-quality simulation of modern PHY-layer chains.

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## 🚀 What is Arkastone?

Arkastone provides:
- A **modular transmitter and receiver framework**
- Support for key components like **modulation**, **OFDM**, **polar codes**, **channel simulation**, and more
- A **config-driven simulation engine** with test support
- Future-ready architecture for SIMD optimization and hardware acceleration

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## 📂 Contents

```{toctree}
:maxdepth: 2
:caption: Documentation

getting_started.md
architecture.md
modules/encoder.md
modules/ofdm.md
modules/decoder.md
simulation/configuration.md
testing/test_framework.md
contributing.md
```

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## 🧠 Who Should Use Arkastone?

- **Researchers**: Rapidly test new PHY-layer techniques
- **Developers**: Build and validate SDR/ASIC blocks
- **Educators**: Teach communications with visual, Python-based examples
- **Contributors**: Extend support to new standards (e.g., NB-IoT, 5G NR)

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## 🤝 Contributing

We welcome PRs, issues, and feature requests!

1. Fork the repo
2. Run tests locally
3. Follow our [contribution guidelines](contributing.md)

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## 📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.