Efficient algorithm for calculating short cycles in Tanner graph based on matrix computation

Loop distribution of Tanner graph affects the BER performance of low-density parity-check codes(LDPC) decoding.To count short cycles in the Tanner graph efficiently,a side by side recursion algorithm based on matrix computation was proposed.Firstly,5 basic graph structures were defined to realize recursive calculate in the implementation process.Compared with previous works,the algorithm provided many methods for counting the same length of cycles.The same result confirmed the correctness of the algorithm.The new algorithm could not only calculate the total number of cycles,but also gave the number each edge participating in fixed-length cycles.Its complexity was proportional to the product of D and square of N,where D was the average degree of variable nodes,and N denoted the code length.For LDPC codes,D was far less than N.For most of the LDPC codes,the calculation for numbers of cycle-length g、g+2、g+4 was only several seconds.     

一种低密度奇偶校验码的环数统计方法

对于Tanner图中给定码长的序列,LDPC码的短环对码的性能有重要影响.本文在分析LDPc码在Tanner图中的环在校验矩阵中的形状的基础上,提出了一种统计LDPC码中不同环长的环数的方法.首先对校验矩阵中一定数目的行组合中的环数进行统计,然后将所有行组合中的环数相加即得到校验矩阵中的环数.该方法可根据LDPC码的短环分布情况对其性能进行评估.应用提出的方法分别对MacKay的随机码和Fossorier的准循环码进行了环数统计.BER性能显示,尽管随机码环数特性比准循环码要差,但它的误码率性能比准循环码要好.     

LDPC码的一种循环差集构造方法

提出了一种由组合数学中的循环差集构造LDPC码的新方法,它能产生大量的列重和行重均为恒定值的规则码,并且可以排除圈长为4的圈和减少圈长等于6的圈。利用和积译码算法通过计算机仿真验证了这种码字具有优良的特性。     

A CLASS OF LDPC CODE''''S CONSTRUCTION BASED ON AN ITERATIVE RANDOM METHOD

This letter gives a random construction for Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) codes, which uses an iterative algorithm to avoid short cycles in the Tanner graph. The construction method has great flexible choice in LDPC code's parameters including codelength, code rate, the least girth of the graph, the weight of column and row in the parity check matrix. The method can be applied to the irregular LDPC codes and strict regular LDPC codes. Systemic codes have many applications in digital communication, so this letter proposes a construction of the generator matrix of systemic LDPC codes from the parity check matrix. Simulations show that the method performs well with iterative decoding.     

Quasi-Cyclic Low-Density Parity-Check Codes With Girth Larger Than 12

A quasi-cyclic (QC) low-density parity-check (LDPC) code can be viewed as the protograph code with circulant permutation matrices (or circulants). In this correspondence, we find all the subgraph patterns of protographs of QC LDPC codes having inevitable cycles of length 2i, i = 6, 7, 8, 9,10, i.e., the cycles that always exist regardless of the shift values of circulants. It is also derived that if the girth of the protograph is 2g, g > 2, its protograph code cannot have the inevitable cycles of length smaller than 6g. Based on these subgraph patterns, we propose new combinatorial construction methods of the protographs, whose protograph codes can have girth larger than or equal to 14 or 18. We also propose a couple of shift value assigning rules for circulants of a QC LDPC code guaranteeing the girth 14.     

A CLASS OF LDPC CODE’S CONSTRUCTION BASED ON AN ITERATIVE RANDOM METHOD

This letter gives a random construction for Low Density Parity Check （LDPC） codes, which uses an iterative algorithm to avoid short cycles in the Tanner graph. The construction method has great flexible choice in LDPC code＇s parameters including codelength, code rate, the least girth of the graph, the weight of column and row in the parity check matrix. The method can be applied to the irregular LDPC codes and strict regular LDPC codes. Systemic codes have many applications in digital communication, so this letter proposes a construction of the generator matrix of systemic LDPC codes from the parity check matrix. Simulations show that the method performs well with iterative decoding.     

基于二分图的乘积码迭代译码算法

该文给出了由汉明分量乘积码构造广义低密度(GLD)码的一般方法。基于所得稀疏矩阵的二分图,并结合分组码与低密度校验(LDPC)码的译码算法,设计出一种新颖的可用于乘积码迭代译码的Chase-MP算法。由于所得二分图中不含有长度为4和6的小环,因而大大减少图上迭代时外信息之间的相关性,进而提高译码性能。对加性高斯白噪声(AWGN)及瑞利(Rayleigh)衰落信道下,汉明分量 (63,57,3)2 乘积码的模拟仿真显示,该算法能够获得很好的译码性能。与传统的串行迭代Chase-2算法相比,Chase-MP算法适合用于全并行译码处理,便于硬件实现,而且译码性能优于串行迭代Chase-2算法。     

Selective avoidance of cycles in irregular LDPC code construction

This letter explains the effect of graph connectivity on error-floor performance of low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes under message-passing decoding. A new metric, called extrinsic message degree (EMD), measures cycle connectivity in bipartite graphs of LDPC codes. Using an easily computed estimate of EMD, we propose a Viterbi-like algorithm that selectively avoids small cycle clusters that are isolated from the rest of the graph. This algorithm is different from conventional girth conditioning by emphasizing the connectivity as well as the length of cycles. The algorithm yields codes with error floors that are orders of magnitude below those of random codes with very small degradation in capacity-approaching capability.     

LP Decoding Corrects a Constant Fraction of Errors

We show that for low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes whose Tanner graphs have sufficient expansion, the linear programming (LP) decoder of Feldman, Karger, and Wainwright can correct a constant fraction of errors. A random graph will have sufficient expansion with high probability, and recent work shows that such graphs can be constructed efficiently. A key element of our method is the use of a dual witness: a zero-valued dual solution to the decoding linear program whose existence proves decoding success. We show that as long as no more than a certain constant fraction of the bits are flipped by the channel, we can find a dual witness. This new method can be used for proving bounds on the performance of any LP decoder, even in a probabilistic setting. Our result implies that the word error rate of the LP decoder decreases exponentially in the code length under the binary-symmetric channel (BSC). This is the first such error bound for LDPC codes using an analysis based on "pseudocodewords." Recent work by Koetter and Vontobel shows that LP decoding and min-sum decoding of LDPC codes are closely related by the "graph cover" structure of their pseudocodewords; in their terminology, our result implies that that there exist families of LDPC codes where the minimum BSC pseudoweight grows linearly in the block length     

Error-Correction Capability of Column-Weight-Three LDPC Codes

In this paper, the error-correction capability of column-weight-three low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes when decoded using the Gallager A algorithm is investigated. It is proved that a necessary condition for a code to correct all error patterns with up to k ges 5 errors is to avoid cycles of length up to 2k in its Tanner graph. As a consequence of this result, it is shown that given any alpha > 0, exist N such that forall n > N, no code in the ensemble of column-weight-three codes can correct all alphan or fewer errors. The results are extended to the bit flipping algorithms.     

Regular Low-Density Parity-Check codes based on shifted identity matrices

This paper extends the class of Low-Density Parity-Check （LDPC） codes that can be constructed from shifted identity matrices. To construct regular LDPC codes, a new method is proposed. Two simple inequations are adopted to avoid the short cycles in Tanner graph, which makes the girth of Tanner graphs at least 8. Because their parity-check matrices are made up of circulant matrices, the new codes are quasi-cyclic codes. They perform well with iterative decoding.     

一种高码率低复杂度准循环LDPC码设计研究

该文设计了一种特殊的高码率准循环低密度校验(QC-LDPC)码,其校验矩阵以单位矩阵的循环移位阵为基本单元,与随机构造的LDPC码相比可节省大量存储单元。利用该码校验矩阵的近似下三角特性,一种高效的递推编码方法被提出,它使得该码编码复杂度与码长成线性关系。另外,该文提出一种分析QC-LDPC码二分图中短长度环分布情况的方法,并且给出了相应的不含长为4环QC-LDPC码的构造方法。计算机仿真结果表明,新码不但编码简单,而且具有高纠错能力、低误码平层。     

Low-density parity check codes and iterative decoding for long-haul optical communication systems

A forward-error correction (FEC) scheme based on low-density parity check (LDPC) codes and iterative decoding using belief propagation in code graphs is presented in this paper. We show that LDPC codes provide a significant system performance improvement with respect to the state-of-the-art FEC schemes employed in optical communications systems. We present a class of structured codes based on mutually orthogonal Latin rectangles. Such codes have high rates and can lend themselves to very low-complexity encoder/decoder implementations. The system performance is further improved by a code design that eliminates short cycles in a graph employed in iterative decoding.     

Reversible Low-Density Parity-Check Codes

Low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes may be decoded using a circuit implementation of the sum-product algorithm which maps the factor graph of the code. By reusing the decoder for encoding, both tasks can be performed using the same circuit, thus reducing area and verification requirements. Motivated by this, iterative encoding techniques based upon the graphical representation of the code are proposed. Code design constraints which ensure encoder convergence are presented, and then used to design iteratively encodable codes, while also preventing 4-cycle creation. We show how the Jacobi method for iterative matrix inversion can be applied to finite field matrices, viewed as message passing, and employed as the core of an iterative encoder. We present an algebraic construction of 4-cycle free iteratively encodable codes using circulant matrices. Analysis of these codes identifies a weakness in their structure, due to a repetitive pattern in the factor graph. The graph supports pseudo-codewords of low pseudo-weight. In order to remove the repetitive pattern in the graph, we propose a recursive technique for generating iteratively encodable codes. The new codes offer flexibility in the choice of code length and rate, and performance that compares well to randomly generated, quasi-cyclic and extended Euclidean-geometry codes.     

QC LDPC码低复杂度消环算法

QC LDPC (Quasi-才yclic Low-density Parity-check)是一类半结构化的低密度奇偶校验码,其分块的矩阵结构具有超大规模集成电路实现上的便利,同时保持了优异的纠错性能. 本文针对QC LDPC码的基矩阵,提出一种移位因子的搜索方法及其改进版本。通过对基矩阵的扩展矩阵的Tanner图进行树形展开来进行环的检验,避免了传统算法中的复杂算术操作,降低了复杂度。在采用和IEEE 802.16e中码率为0.5的LDPC码方案相同的基矩阵条件下,本文的算法构造出的QC LDPC码具有更优的环长分布,同时纠错性能也有提升。      

Design of Quasi‐Cyclic Low‐Density Parity Check Codes with Large Girth

In this paper we propose a graph‐theoretic method based on linear congruence for constructing low‐density parity check (LDPC) codes. In this method, we design a connection graph with three kinds of special paths to ensure that the Tanner graph of the parity check matrix mapped from the connection graph is without short cycles. The new construction method results in a class of (3, ρ)‐regular quasi‐cyclic LDPC codes with a girth of 12. Based on the structure of the parity check matrix, the lower bound on the minimum distance of the codes is found. The simulation studies of several proposed LDPC codes demonstrate powerful bit‐error‐rate performance with iterative decoding in additive white Gaussian noise channels.     

基于初等数论的圈长8规则准循环LDPC码

This paper is concerned with (3, n ) and (4, n ) regular quasi-cyclic Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) code constructions from elementary number theory. Given the column weight, we determine the shift values of the circulant permutation matrices via arithmetic analysis. The proposed constructions of quasi-cyclic LDPC codes achieve the following main advantages simultaneously: 1) our methods are constructive in the sense that we avoid any searching process; 2) our methods ensure no four or six cycles in the bipartite graphs corresponding to the LDPC codes; 3) our methods are direct constructions of quasi-cyclic LDPC codes which do not use any other quasi-cyclic LDPC codes of small length like component codes or any other algorithms/cyclic codes like building block; 4)the computations of the parameters involved are based on elementary number theory, thus very simple and fast. Simulation results show that the constructed regular codes of high rates perform almost 1.25 dB above Shannon limit and have no error floor down to the bit-error rate of 10-6 .     

具有低编码复杂度准循环扩展LDPC码的构造方法

PEG(Progressive-Edge-Growth)算法是迄今为止构造性能优异的LDPC中短码的一种有效构造方法,然而直接采用该算法构造的LDPC码的编码复杂度正比于码长的平方,这是其实用化过程中的一个瓶颈。针对这一问题,提出一种具有低编码复杂度和低错误平层的准循环扩展LDPC码的构造方法。该算法在PEG算法基础上,先构造出近似下三角结构的半随机基矩阵,然后再对基矩阵进行扩展,该方法可以在不改变基矩阵的度分布比例情况下,有效消除短环。仿真结果表明,所提出的方法构造的LDPC码比原始的PEG算法构造的随机LDPC码具有更低的错误平层,而且编码复杂度更低,更易于硬件实现。     

基于置信传播的优化译码算法研究

该文在对LDPC码的译码算法分析的基础上,针对校验矩阵中含有的环对译码算法的影响,提出了一种在置信传播算法基础之上的译码算法。该算法通过及时切断消息在环上的重传回路,可消除因校验矩阵中的环回传原始信息对译码造成的影响,保证优质的原始信息能尽可能地传播到其能传播的节点,从而提升了LDPC码的译码性能。仿真实验表明,在低信噪比的信道中,该算法具有相当于传统算法的性能和更低的计算复杂度;在良好的信道条件下可以取得比传统算法更优异的性能。     

Error rate estimation of low-density parity-check codes on binary symmetric channels using cycle enumeration

The performance of low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes decoded by hard-decision iterative decoding algorithms can be accurately estimated if the weight J and the number |E_J| of the smallest error patterns that cannot be corrected by the decoder are known. To obtain J and |E_J|, one would need to perform the direct enumeration of error patterns with weight ι ⩽ J. The complexity of enumeration increases exponentially with J, essentially as η^J, where η is the code block length. This limits the application of direct enumeration to codes with small η and J. In this letter, we approximate J and |E_J | by enumerating and testing the error patterns that are subsets of short cycles in the code's Tanner graph. This reduces the computational complexity by several orders of magnitude compared to direct enumeration, making it possible to estimate the error rates for almost any practical LDPC code. To obtain the error rate estimates, we propose an algorithm that progressively improves the estimates as larger cycles are enumerated. Through a number of examples, we demonstrate that the proposed method can accurately estimate both the bit error rate (BER) and the frame error rate (FER) of regular and irregular LDPC codes decoded by a variety of hard-decision iterative decoding algorithms.