一种基于奇偶校验码级联极化码的低复杂度译码算法

极化码作为一种纠错码,具有较好的编译码性能,已成为5G短码控制信道的标准编码方案.但在码长较短时,其性能不够优异.作为一种新型级联极化码,奇偶校验码与极化码的级联方案提高了有限码长的性能,但是其译码算法有着较高的复杂度.该文针对这一问题,提出一种基于奇偶校验码级联极化码的串行抵消局部列表译码(PC-PSCL)算法,该算...     

CS-FSCL decoding algorithm of polar codes based on critical sets

In order to reduce the number of redundant candidate codewords generated by the fast successive cancellation list (FSCL) decoding algorithm for polar codes, a simplified FSCL decoding algorithm based on critical sets (CS-FSCL) of polar codes is proposed. The algorithm utilizes the number of information bits belonging to the CS in the special nodes, such as Rate-1 node, repetition (REP) node and single-parity-check (SPC) node, to constrain the number of the path splitting and avoid the generation of unnecessary candidate codewords, and thus the latency and computational complexity are reduced. Besides, the algorithm only flips the bits corresponding to the smaller log-likelihood ratio (LLR) values to generate the sub-maximum likelihood (sub-ML) decoding codewords and ensure the decoding performance. Simulation results show that for polar codes with the code length of 1 024, the code rates of 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4, the proposed CS-FSCL algorithm, compared with the conventional FSCL decoding algorithm, can achieve the same decoding performance, but reduce the latency and computational complexity at different list sizes. Specifically, under the list size of L=8, the code rates of R=1/2 and R=1/4, the latency is reduced by 33% and 13% and the computational complexity is reduced by 55% and 50%, respectively.     

基于分布式奇偶校验码的低复杂度极化码SCLF译码算法

针对极化码串行抵消列表比特翻转(Successive Cancellation List Bit-Flip, SCLF)译码算法复杂度较高的问题,提出一种基于分布式奇偶校验码的低复杂度极化码SCLF译码(SCLF Decoding Algorithm for Low-Complexity Polar Codes Based on Distributed Parity Check Codes, DPC-SCLF)算法。与仅采用循环冗余校验(Cyclic Redundancy Check, CRC)码校验的SCLF译码算法不同,该算法首先利用极化信道偏序关系构造关键集,然后采用分布式奇偶校验(Parity Check, PC)码与CRC码结合的方式对错误比特进行检验、识别和翻转,提高了翻转精度,减少了重译码次数。此外,在译码时利用路径剪枝操作,提高了正确路径的竞争力,改善了误码性能,且利用提前终止译码进程操作,减少了译码比特数。仿真结果表明,与D-Post-SCLF译码算法和RCS-SCLF译码算法相比,所提出算法具有更低的译码复杂度且在中高信噪比下具有更好的误码性能。     

An improved construction algorithm of polar codes based on the frozen bits

In order to improve the problems that the minimum hamming weight(MHW) of the polar codes of the traditional Gaussian approximation(GA) construction is small and its performance is not good enough, an improved channel construction algorithm of polar codes based on frozen bits is proposed by combining the construction of the Reed-Muller(RM) code to effectively increase the MHW and analyzing the correcting and checking functions of the frozen bits in the successive cancellation list(SCL) decoding. ...     

极化码的多比特译码算法研究

针对极化码的连续消除列表（successive cancellation list,SCL）译码算法的高时延问题,提出了基于对数似然比的多比特SCL（multi-bit SCL,MSCL）译码算法,可以在一个判决时刻同时译出多个码字比特,在不损失译码性能的前提下,将译码时延由3N-2个时钟降为4N/M-2个时钟,相比于现有的多比特SCL译码算法,MSCL译码算法具有更低的路径度量值计算复杂度。为了降低循环冗余校验（cyclical redundancy check, CRC）辅助的SCL（CRC aided SCL,CA-SCL）译码算法的译码时延以及存储空间,提出了分段CRC辅助的MSCL（segmented CRC-aided MSCL,SCA-MSCL）译码算法,并提出了分段信息码字长度修正算法,来保证在信息位索引集A不变的前提下,实现每一分段结尾处对应的信息位索引能够被M整除。SCA-MSCL算法可以借助多个CRC判决来尽可能早地输出译码码字,从而减少译码器的存储空间以及译码时延。     

极化码序列连续删除译码算法的改进设计

极化码连续删除译码算法性能和传统的LDPC码存在一定差距。序列连续删除算法(SCL)的提出极大地改善译码性能,是极化码推向实际应用中的重要一步。但是该算法复杂度较高,延迟大。改进的序列连续删除(SCL)译码算法是基于改善极化码码长受限的情况,文中描述SCL算法是通过码树上的搜索序列路径来表示译码过程。改进的算法通过减少译码算法在码树上的序列路径来降低时间和空间复杂度。通过仿真表明,改进的算法有效地降低了译码的复杂度同时在性能上也接近最大似然(ML)译码算法。     

Fast Multibit Decision Polar Decoder for Successive-Cancellation List Decoding

Successive-cancellation list (SCL) decoding for polar codes has the disadvantage of high latency owing to serial operations. To improve the latency, several algorithms with additional circuits have been proposed, but the area becomes larger. This paper proposes a fast multibit decision method having-high area efficiency based on the SCL decoding algorithm. First, multiple bits can be determined to reduce clock cycles using new nodes represented by the information bits and frozen bits. We propose the new nodes called the combined nodes and the other node in this paper. The combined nodes that combine redundant operations of the fast-simplified SC (fast-SSC) algorithm can increase area efficiency. The other node with bit patterns other than the node types of the fast-SSC algorithm performs an 8-bit multibit decision to reduce the number of decoding cycles. Latency is further reduced by applying a sphere decoding method to the other node. In addition, a sorter is proposed to reduce the critical path delay. As a large number of path metrics causes sorter delays, the proposed sorter can achieve high throughput with the small area. The proposed (1024, 512) SCL decoder showed negligible performance degradation in the simulation using Matlab and was synthesized using 65 nm CMOS technology. The proposed decoder achieves about 1.3Gbps with the small area. As a result, the area-throughput efficiency is at least 1.4 times higher than the state-of-the-art works over 1 Gbps.

     

An improved AS-SCLF decoding algorithm of polar codes based on the assigned set

An improved successive cancellation list bit-flip based on assigned set (AS-SCLF) decoding algorithm is proposed to solve the problems that the successive decoding of the successive cancellation (SC) decoder has error propagation and the path extension of the successive cancellation list (SCL) decoder has the decision errors in the traditional cyclic redundancy check aided successive cancellation list (CA-SCL) decoding algorithm. The proposed algorithm constructs the AS firstly. The construction criterion is to use the Gaussian approximation principle to estimate the reliabilities of the polar subchannel and the error probabilities of the bits under SC decoding, and the normalized beliefs of the bits in actual decoding are obtained through the path metric under CA-SCL decoding, thus the error bits containing the SC state are identified and sorted in ascending order of the reliability. Then the SCLF decoding is performed. When the CA-SCL decoding fails for the first time, the decision results on the path of the SC state in the AS are exchanged. The simulation results show that compared with the CA-SCL decoding algorithm, the SCLF decoding algorithm based on the critical set and the decision post-processing decoding algorithm, the improved AS-SCLF decoding algorithm can improve the gain of about 0.29 dB, 0.22 dB and 0.1 dB respectively at the block error rate (BLER) of 10-4 and reduce the number of decoding at the low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), thus the computational complexity is also reduced.     

FPGA implementation of low complexity LDPC iterative decoder

Low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes, proposed by Gallager, emerged as a class of codes which can yield very good performance on the additive white Gaussian noise channel as well as on the binary symmetric channel. LDPC codes have gained lots of importance due to their capacity achieving property and excellent performance in the noisy channel. Belief propagation (BP) algorithm and its approximations, most notably min-sum, are popular iterative decoding algorithms used for LDPC and turbo codes. The trade-off between the hardware complexity and the decoding throughput is a critical factor in the implementation of the practical decoder. This article presents introduction to LDPC codes and its various decoding algorithms followed by realisation of LDPC decoder by using simplified message passing algorithm and partially parallel decoder architecture. Simplified message passing algorithm has been proposed for trade-off between low decoding complexity and decoder performance. It greatly reduces the routing and check node complexity of the decoder. Partially parallel decoder architecture possesses high speed and reduced complexity. The improved design of the decoder possesses a maximum symbol throughput of 92.95 Mbps and a maximum of 18 decoding iterations. The article presents implementation of 9216 bits, rate-1/2, (3, 6) LDPC decoder on Xilinx XC3D3400A device from Spartan-3A DSP family.     

一种基于增强奇偶校验码级联极化码的新型编译码方法

极化码作为一种纠错码,具有较好的编译码性能,已成为5G短码控制信道的标准编码方案。但在码长较短时,其性能不够优异。提出一种基于增强奇偶校验码级联极化码的新型编译码方法,在原有的奇偶校验位后设立增强校验位,对校验方程中信道可靠度较低的信息位进行双重校验,辅助奇偶校验码在译码过程中对路径进行修剪,以此提高路径选择的可靠性。仿真结果表明,在相同信道、相同码率码长下,本文提出的新型编译码方法比循环冗余校验(cyclic redundancy check,CRC)码级联极化码、奇偶校验(parity check,PC)码级联极化码误码性能更优异。在高斯信道下,当码长为128、码率为1/2、误码率为10-3时,本文提出的基于增强PC码级联的极化码比PC码级联的极化码获得了约0.3dB增益,与CRC辅助的极化码相比获得了约0.4 dB增益。     

一种改进的无线光通信LDPC码译码算法

针对无线光通信中低密度奇偶校验码(LDPC)置信传播(BP)译码算法复杂度高及置信度振荡造成译码错误等缺点,基于对数BP算法提出了一种改进的译码算法。改进的译码算法在校验节点运算时,判断输入到校验节点消息的最小值与某个门限的大小,根据比较结果,分别用消息最小值或若干个最小值进行运算,在损失很少性能的情况下降低了运算复杂度;同时在比特节点采用振荡抵消处理运算,提高了算法的性能增益。最后在对数正态分布湍流信道模型下,分别对比特充分交织和交织深度为16的情况进行了仿真实验。仿真结果表明,改进的译码算法与BP算法相比,大幅度降低了计算复杂度,而且译码性能有一定的优势,收敛速度损失很少;而相对于最小和算法,改进的算法虽然译码复杂度有所增加,但误码率性能有明显的优势,并且收敛速度也优于最小和算法。因此,改进的译码算法是无线光通信中LDPC码译码算法复杂度和性能之间一个较好的折中处理方案。     

基于预译码的极化码最大似然简化连续消除译码算法

针对极化码译码串行输出造成较大译码时延的问题,该文提出一种基于预译码的最大似然简化连续消除译码算法。首先对译码树节点存储的似然值进行符号提取并分组处理,得到符号向量组;然后比较符号向量组与该节点的某些信息位的取值情况,发现向量组中储存的正负符号分布规律与该节点的中间信息位的取值具有一一对应的关系;在此基础上对组合码中间的1～2 bit进行预译码;最后结合最大似然译码方法估计组合码中的剩余信息位,从而得到最终的译码结果。仿真结果表明:在不影响误码性能的情况下,所提算法与已有的算法相比可有效降低译码时延。     

基于分段循环冗余校验的极化码自适应连续取消列表译码算法

针对极化码连续取消列表(SCL)译码算法为获取较好性能而采用较多的保留路径数,导致译码复杂度较高的缺点,自适应SCL译码算法虽然在高信噪比下降低了一定的计算量,却带来了较高的译码延时。根据极化码的顺序译码结构,该文提出了一种分段循环冗余校验(CRC)与自适应选择保留路径数量相结合的SCL译码算法。仿真结果表明,与传统CRC辅助SCL译码算法、自适应SCL译码算法相比,该算法在码率R=0.5时,低信噪比下(–1 dB)复杂度降低了约21.6%,在高信噪比下(3 dB)复杂度降低了约64%,同时获得较好的译码性能。     

极化码的分布式CRC辅助低复杂度逐次抵消翻转译码

为提高极化码的译码效率,文中提出了一种新颖的逐次抵消翻转(SCF)译码。与传统的SCF译码相比,其可以使用分布式CRC比特来降低计算复杂度。该译码通过提前终止对第一次SC译码的失败帧的译码,来减少信息比特的估计数量,同时尝试最小化附加的排序操作。仿真结果表明,与传统的SCF译码相比,该SCF译码将重复SC译码的计算复杂度至少降低了27%。     

基于SSCANL译码器的联合迭代检测译码算法

为了提升基于极化码的稀疏码多址接入（sparse code multiple access,SCMA）系统接收机性能,提出了基于简化软消除列表（simplify soft cancellation list,SSCANL）译码器的循环冗余校验（cyclic redundancy check,CRC）辅助联合迭代检测译码接收机方案。该方案中极化码译码器使用SSCANL译码算法,采用译码节点删除技术对软消除列表（soft cancellation list,SCANL）算法所需要的L次软消除译码（soft cancellation, SCAN）进行简化,通过近似删除冻结位节点,简化节点间软信息更新计算过程,从而降低译码算法的计算复杂度。仿真结果表明,SSCANL算法可获得与SCANL算法一致的性能,其计算复杂度与SCANL算法相比有所降低,码率越低,算法复杂度降低效果越好;且基于SSCANL译码器的CRC 辅助联合迭代检测译码接收机方案相较基于SCAN译码器的联合迭代检测译码（joint iterative detection and decoding based on SCAN decoder, JIDD-SCAN）方案、基于SCAN译码器的CRC辅助联合迭代检测译码（CRC aided joint iterative detection and decoding based on SCAN decoder,C-JIDD-SCAN）方案,在误码率为10^-4时,性能分别提升了约0.65 dB、0.59 dB。     

基于SISO的LDPC码盲译码算法研究

针对传统BP译码算法需要初始条件的缺点,本文提出了一种基于软输入软输出(SISO)的LDPC码盲译码算法,所提算法采用类似BP迭代译码算法步骤,通过对距离信息进行迭代处理,实现无需接收信号的信噪比和信道状态即可译码;同时,还将所提盲译码算法推广到多进制LDPC码的译码应用中。本文所提盲译码算法在初始状态难以确定以及接收信号信噪比难以估计的通信信道中具有重要价值。仿真结果表明,所提算法不论是在AWGN信道还是在瑞利衰落信道上都能取得优良的性能,不论是与标准BP译码算法还是与分层BP译码算法相比,在性能相近的情况下,计算复杂度都有所降低。     

Research on encoding and decoding of non-binary polar codes over GF(2m)

Binary Polar Codes (BPCs) have advantages of high-efficiency and capacity-achieving but suffer from large latency due to the Successive-Cancellation List (SCL) decoding. Non-Binary Polar Codes (NBPCs) have been investigated to obtain the performance gains and reduce latency under the implementation of parallel architectures for multi-bit decoding. However, most of the existing works only focus on the Reed-Solomon matrix-based NBPCs and the probability domain-based non-binary polar decoding, which lack flexible structure and have a large computation amount in the decoding process, while little attention has been paid to general non-binary kernel-based NBPCs and Log-Likelihood Ratio (LLR) based decoding methods. In this paper, we consider a scheme of NBPCs with a general structure over GF(2^m). Specifically, we pursue a detailed Monte-Carlo simulation implementation to determine the construction for proposed NBPCs. For non-binary polar decoding, an SCL decoding based on LLRs is proposed for NBPCs, which can be implemented with non-binary kernels of arbitrary size. Moreover, we propose a Perfect Polarization-Based SCL (PPB-SCL) algorithm based on LLRs to reduce decoding complexity by deriving a new update function of path metric for NBPCs and eliminating the path splitting process at perfect polarized (i.e., highly reliable) positions. Simulation results show that the bit error rate of the proposed NBPCs significantly outperforms that of BPCs. In addition, the proposed PPB-SCL decoding obtains about a 40% complexity reduction of SCL decoding for NBPCs.     

Multiple CRC-aided variable successive cancellation list decoder of polar codes

In order to change the path candidates, reduce the average list size, and make more paths pass cyclic redundancy check (CRC), multiple CRC-aided variable successive cancellation list (SCL) decoding algorithm is proposed. In the decoding algorithm, the whole unfrozen bits are divided into several parts and each part is concatenated with a corresponding CRC code, except the last part which is concatenated with a whole unfrozen CRC code. Each CRC detection is performed, and only those satisfying each part CRC become the path candidates. A variable list is setup for each part to reduce the time complexity. Variable list size is setup for each part to reduce the time complexity until one survival path in each part can pass its corresponding CRC. The results show that the proposed algorithm can reduce the average list size, and the frame error rate (FER) performance, and has a better performance with the increase of the part number.     

一种基于均匀量化的快速简化极化码SC译码算法

针对极化码中现有基于均匀量化的串行抵消(SC)译码算法译码复杂度高的问题,提出一种基于均匀量化的快速简化SC译码算法。该算法保留了原算法的整数型运算,可节省大量存储空间并利于硬件实现,再通过加入特殊结点的识别来降低算法的运算时间复杂度。仿真结果表明:所提快速简化SC译码算法的时间复杂度较原算法降低了46.29%,同时,在误块率为10-5时,译码性能较原算法仅相差0.1dB。