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.     

Results on Punctured Low-Density Parity-Check Codes and Improved Iterative Decoding Techniques

This paper first introduces an improved decoding algorithm for low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes over binary-input-output-symmetric memoryless channels. Then some fundamental properties of punctured LDPC codes are presented. It is proved that for any ensemble of LDPC codes, there exists a puncturing threshold. It is then proved that for any rates R₁ and R₂ satisfying 012<1, there exists an ensemble of LDPC codes with the following property. The ensemble can be punctured from rate R₁ to R₂ resulting in asymptotically good codes for all rates R₁lesRlesR₂. Specifically, this implies that rates arbitrarily close to one are achievable via puncturing. Bounds on the performance of punctured LDPC codes are also presented. It is also shown that punctured LDPC codes are as good as ordinary LDPC codes. For BEC and arbitrary positive numbers R₁2<1, the existence of the sequences of punctured LDPC codes that are capacity-achieving for all rates R₁ lesRlesR₂ is shown. Based on the above observations, a method is proposed to design good punctured LDPC codes over a broad range of rates. Finally, it is shown that the results of this paper may be used for the proof of the existence of the capacity-achieving LDPC codes over binary-input-output-symmetric memoryless channels     

有限平面LDPC码的停止集

有限平面LDPC码是一类重要的有结构的LDPC码,在利用和积算法(SPA)等迭代译码方法进行译码时表现出卓越的纠错性能。众所周知,次优的迭代译码不是最大似然译码,因而如何对迭代译码的性能进行理论分析一直是LDPC码的核心问题之一。近几年来,Tanner图上的停止集(stopping set)和停止距离(stopping distance)由于其在迭代译码性能分析中的重要作用而引起人们的重视。该文通过分析有限平面LDPC码的停止集和停止距离,从理论上证明了有限平面LDPC码的最小停止集一定是最小重量码字的支撑,从而对有限平面LDPC码在迭代译码下的良好性能给出了理论解释。     

Burst Erasure Correcting LDPC Codes

In this paper low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes are designed for burst erasure channels. Firstly, lower bounds for the maximum length erasure burst that can always be corrected with message-passing decoding are derived as a function of the parity-check matrix properties. We then show how paritycheck matrices for burst erasure correcting LDPC codes can be constructed using superposition, where the burst erasure correcting performance of the resulting codes is derived as a property of the stopping set size of the base matrices and the choice of permutation matrices for the superposition. This result is then used to design both single burst erasure correcting LDPC codes which are also resilient to the presence of random erasures in the received bits and LDPC codes which can correct multiple erasure bursts in the same codeword.     

一类准循环LDPC码的快速编码方法

简述了LDPC码的研究现状及编码方法.在此基础上分析了目前常用的编码实现方式,并针对一类准循环LDPC码的特点,提出一种更简洁的快速编码算法及设计实现思路.     

基于素域构造的准循环低密度校验码

该文提出一种基于素域构造准循环低密度校验码的方法。该方法是Lan等所提出基于有限域构造准循环低密度校验码的方法在素域上的推广,给出了一类更广泛的基于素域构造的准循环低密度校验码。通过仿真结果证实：所构造的这一类准循环低密度校验码在高斯白噪声信道上采用迭代译码时具有优良的纠错性能。     

Construction of nonbinary cyclic, quasi-cyclic and regular LDPC codes: a finite geometry approach

This paper presents five methods for constructing nonbinary LDPC codes based on finite geometries. These methods result in five classes of nonbinary LDPC codes, one class of cyclic LDPC codes, three classes of quasi-cyclic LDPC codes and one class of structured regular LDPC codes. Experimental results show that constructed codes in these classes decoded with iterative decoding based on belief propagation perform very well over the AWGN channel and they achieve significant coding gains over Reed-Solomon codes of the same lengths and rates with either algebraic hard-decision decoding or Kotter-Vardy algebraic soft-decision decoding at the expense of a larger decoding computational complexity.     

LDPC编译码技术研究

LDPC码,即低密度奇偶校验码,本质上是一种线性分组码,其译码性能比Turbo码更接近香农限。文中首先介绍了LDPC码的定义及描述;其次对LDPC码快速编码方法进行分析,对可线性编码的LDPC码构造进行探讨;然后对LDPC的译码技术进行研究;最后对LDPC码的应用前景进行讨论。     

适于分层译码算法的LDPC码构造方法

The layered decoding algorithm has been widely used in the implementation of Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) decoders, due to its high convergence speed. However, the pipeline operation of the layered decoder may introduce memory access conflicts, which heavily deteriorates the decoder throughput. To essentially deal with the issue of memory access conflicts, we propose a construction algorithm of LDPC codes, to which a constraint condition is added in the Progressive Edge-Growth (PEG) algorithm. The constraint condition can guarantee that for our constructed LDPC codes, the sets of all the variable nodes connected to the consecutive layers do not share any common variable node, which can avoid the memory access conflicts. Simulation results show that the performance of our constructed LDPC codes is close to the several other LDPC codes adopted in wireless standards. Moreover, compared with the decoder for IEEE 802. 16e LDPC codes, the throughput of our LDPC decoder has large improvement, while the chip resource consumption is unchanged. Thus, our constructed LD-PC codes can be adopted in the high-speed transmission.     

On unequal error protection LDPC codes based on plotkin-type constructions

We introduce a new family of unequal error protection (UEP) codes, based on low-density parity-check (LDPC) component codes and Plotkin-type constructions. The codes are decoded iteratively in multiple stages, and the order of decoding determines the level of error protection. The level of UEP among the code bits is also influenced by the choice of the LDPC component codes and by some new reliability features incorporated into the decoding process. The proposed scheme offers a very good tradeoff between code performance on one side and encoding/decoding and storage complexity on the other side. The novel approach to UEP also allows for finding simple approximations for the achievable degrees of UEP, which can be used to govern practical code design implementations.     

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.     

Effective identification of dominant fully absorbing sets for Raptor-like LDPC codes

The error-rate floor of low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes is attributed to the trapping sets of their Tanner graphs. Among them, fully absorbing sets dominantly affect the error-rate performance, especially for short blocklengths. Efficient methods to identify the dominant trapping sets of LDPC codes were thoroughly researched as exhaustively searching them is NP-hard. However, the existing methods are ineffective for Raptor-like LDPC codes, which have many types of trapping sets. An effective method to identify dominant fully absorbing sets of Raptor-like LDPC codes is proposed. The search space of the proposed algorithm is optimized into the Tanner subgraphs of the codes to afford time-efficiency and search-effectiveness. For 5G New Radio (NR) base graph (BG) 2 LDPC codes for short blocklengths, the proposed algorithm finds more dominant fully absorbing sets within one seventh of the computation time of the existing search algorithm, and its search-effectiveness is verified using importance sampling. The proposed method is also applied to 5G NR BG1 LDPC code and Advanced Television Systems Committee 3.0 type A LDPC code for large blocklengths.     

几种LDPC码的最小汉明距离的计算

本文提出一种计算LDPC码的真实最小汉明距离的方法．该方法能够用来计算多种LDPC码方案的真实最小汉明距离，比如准循环LDPC码、pi-旋转LDPC码等．该方法是通过计算码的环长间接地找到LDPC码最小距离，由于计算环长的计算量要远比直接计算最小汉明距离来得低，因而该算法能够在有限时间内找到LDPC码的真实最小距离．通过仿真表明，用目前主流的个人计算机利用该方法找出一个有最小距离24的码率为1／4的准循环LDPC码最小距离大概需要花77分钟。     

带宽有效传输的GF(q)上LDPC编码设计

以Davey(1998)提出的Monte-Carlo方法为基础的、适用于二进制PSK调制的二进制LDPC(Low-Density Parity-Check,低密度奇偶校验)码的最优化理论已经在相关文献中得到了验证。但由于q进制星座没有旋转对称性,因而限制了Davey的方法的应用。本文提出了应用在准正规编码类型上的一种有效的Davey型Monte-Carlo最优化编码设计方法。应用这种方法,可直接将GF(q)上的最优LDPC编码和任意的q进制调制结合起来,获得很高的带宽效率。本文采用MQAM和MPSK调制机制与准正规LDPC编码相结合的若干实例来论证该设计方法。     

一种具有最小距离下界的正则LDPC码的构造

主要提出一种新的计算规则LDPC(low-density parity-check)码的最小距离下界的方法。该方法是基于LDPC码的每个变量节点的独立树进行构造LDPC码。与随机构造的LDPC码和用PEG方法构造的方法比较,这个新的构造方法得到了更大的围长和最小距离下界。在AWGN信道中,在码长N=1 008和N=1 512时进行Matlab仿真,仿真结果表明随着信噪比的增加此方法构造的LDPC码有优异的误码率性能。     

A class of low-density parity-check codes constructed based on Reed-Solomon codes with two information symbols

This letter presents an algebraic method for constructing regular low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes based on Reed-Solomon codes with two information symbols. The construction method results in a class of LDPC codes in Gallager's original form. Codes in this class are free of cycles of length 4 in their Tanner graphs and have good minimum distances. They perform well with iterative decoding.     

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.     

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.     

Construction of low-density parity-check codes by superposition

This paper presents a superposition method for constructing low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes. Several classes of structured LDPC codes are constructed. Codes in these classes perform well with iterative decoding, and their Tanner graphs have girth at least six.     

H-ARQ信道上高性能全分集LDPC码的构造与性能分析

为了提高混合自动重传请求(H-ARQ)系统的通信性能,研究了H-ARQ块衰落信道上全分集低密度奇偶校验(LDPC)码的构造与性能.首先分析了H-ARQ块衰落信道的中断概率及其固有分集,然后构造了在H-ARQ块衰落信道上能取得全分集的LDPC码,新构造的码字采用根校验节点把每次传输联系起来,从而获得全分集.在此基础上,分析了全分集LDPC码的结构,提出了通过提高全分集校验比特的比例,改善全分集LDPC码在H-ARQ信道上编码增益的方法.仿真结果表明,所提算法在H-ARQ信道上不仅能取得全分集,而且具有较高的编码增益