IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
UP-0116532
(2005-04-28)
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등록번호 |
US-7747929
(2010-07-19)
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우선권정보 |
KR-10-2004-0029738(2004-04-28) |
발명자
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- Kyung, Gyu-Bum
- Jeong, Hong-Sil
- Kim, Jae-Yoel
- Park, Dong-Seek
- Joo, Pan-Yuh
- Myung, Se-Ho
- Yang, Kyeong-Cheol
- Yang, Hyun-Koo
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출원인 / 주소 |
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
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대리인 / 주소 |
The Farrell Law Firm, LLP
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
12 인용 특허 :
8 |
초록
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Disclosed is a device and procedure for coding a block low density parity check (LDPC) code having a variable length. The a device and procedure includes receiving an information word; and coding the information word into a block LDPC code based on one of a first parity check matrix and a second par
Disclosed is a device and procedure for coding a block low density parity check (LDPC) code having a variable length. The a device and procedure includes receiving an information word; and coding the information word into a block LDPC code based on one of a first parity check matrix and a second parity check matrix depending on a length to be applied when generating the information word into the block LDPC code.
대표청구항
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What is claimed is: 1. A method for generating a block low density parity check (LDPC) code, the method comprising the steps of: receiving an information word; and generating a block LDPC code by coding the information word using one of a first parity check matrix and a second parity check matrix,
What is claimed is: 1. A method for generating a block low density parity check (LDPC) code, the method comprising the steps of: receiving an information word; and generating a block LDPC code by coding the information word using one of a first parity check matrix and a second parity check matrix, wherein the first parity check matrix is used when a length of the block LDPC code is a first length, the second parity check matrix is used when the length of the block LDPC code is a second length different from the first length, and the second parity check matrix is defined by varying a size of the first parity check matrix, wherein the second parity check matrix has a relation defined by ai′=ai mod Ns′ (for 1≦i≦L) where a1, a2, . . . , aL denote exponents of L non-zero permutation matrixes among permutation matrixes of the first parity check matrix, Ns×Ns (Ns) denotes a size of partial blocks of the first parity check matrix, a1′, a2′, . . . , aL′ denote exponents of L non-zero permutation matrixes among permutation matrixes of the second parity check matrix, Ns′×Ns′ (Ns′) denotes a size of partial blocks of the second parity check matrix, and ‘mod’ denotes a modulo operation. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first parity check matrix is a parity check matrix generated such that the block LDPC code has the first length and is satisfied with a predetermined coding rate. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first parity check matrix includes a predetermined number of partial blocks, and each of the partial blocks having a predetermined size. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the second parity check matrix is a parity check matrix defined by varying a size of the partial blocks of the first parity check matrix. 5. The method of claim 3, wherein a predetermined permutation matrix is mapped to each of the partial blocks on a one-to-one basis. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the second parity check matrix is a parity check matrix generated by determining exponents of non-zero permutation matrixes among permutation matrixes of the second parity check matrix according to exponents of non-zero permutation matrixes among permutation matrixes of the first parity check matrix and a size of partial blocks of the second parity check matrix. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of generating the block LDPC code by coding the information word comprises the steps of: determining one of the first parity check matrix and the second parity check matrix according to the length of the block LDPC code; generating a first signal by multiplying the information word by a first partial matrix of the determined parity check matrix; generating a second signal by multiplying the information word by a second partial matrix of the determined parity check matrix; generating a third signal by multiplying the first signal by a matrix multiplication of a third partial matrix and an inverse matrix of a fourth partial matrix of the determined parity check matrix; generating a fourth signal by adding the second signal to the third signal; generating a fifth signal by multiplying the fourth signal by a fifth partial matrix of the determined parity check matrix; generating a sixth signal by adding the second signal to the fifth signal; generating a seventh signal by multiplying the sixth signal by the inverse matrix of the fourth matrix of the determined parity check matrix; and multiplexing the information word, the fourth signal defined as a first parity, and the seventh signal defined as a second parity such that the information word, the first parity and the second parity are mapped to the block LDPC code. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first partial matrix and the second partial matrix are partial matrixes mapped to an information part associated with an information word in the determined parity check matrix. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the third partial matrix and the fourth partial matrix are partial matrixes mapped to a first parity part associated with a parity, and the fifth partial matrix and the sixth partial matrix are partial matrixes mapped to a second parity part associated with the parity. 10. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: modulating the block LDPC code into a modulation symbol using a modulation scheme; and transmitting the modulated symbol. 11. An apparatus for generating a block low density parity check (LDPC) code, the apparatus comprising: an encoder for generating the block LDPC code by coding an information word using one of a first parity check matrix and a second parity check matrix; and a modulator for modulating the block LDPC code into a modulation symbol using a modulation scheme, wherein the first parity check matrix is used when a length of the block LDPC code is a first length, the second parity check matrix is used when the length of the block LDPC code is a second length different from the first length, and the second parity check matrix is defined by varying a size of the first parity check matrix, wherein the second parity check matrix has a relation defined by ai′=ai mod Ns′ (for 1≦i≦L) where a1, a2, . . . , aL denote exponents of L non-zero permutation matrixes among permutation matrixes of the first parity check matrix, Ns×Ns (Ns) denotes a size of partial blocks of the first parity check matrix, a1′, a2′, . . . , aL′ denote exponents of L non-zero permutation matrixes among permutation matrixes of the second parity check matrix, Ns′×Ns′ (Ns′) denotes a size of partial blocks of the second parity check matrix, and ‘mod’ denotes a modulo operation. 12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first parity check matrix is a parity check matrix generated such that the block LDPC code has the first length and is satisfied with a predetermined coding rate. 13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the first parity check matrix includes a predetermined number of partial blocks, and each of the partial blocks has a predetermined size. 14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the second parity check matrix is a parity check matrix defined by varying a size of the partial blocks of the first parity check matrix. 15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein a predetermined permutation matrix is mapped to each of the partial blocks on a one-to-one basis. 16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the second parity check matrix is a parity check matrix generated by determining exponents of non-zero permutation matrixes among permutation matrixes of the second parity check matrix according to exponents of non-zero permutation matrixes among permutation matrixes of the first parity check matrix and a size of partial blocks of the second parity check matrix. 17. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the encoder comprises: a controller for determining one of the first parity check matrix and the second parity check matrix according to the length of the block LDPC code; a first matrix multiplier for multiplying the information word by a first partial matrix of the determined parity check matrix; a second matrix multiplier for multiplying the information word by a second partial matrix of the determined parity check matrix; a third matrix multiplier for multiplying a signal output from the first matrix multiplier by a matrix multiplication of a third partial matrix and an inverse matrix of a fourth partial matrix of the determined parity check matrix; a first adder for adding a signal output from the second matrix multiplier to a signal output from the third matrix multiplier; a fourth matrix multiplier for multiplying a signal output from the first adder by a fifth partial matrix of the determined parity check matrix; a second adder for adding the signal output from the second matrix multiplier to a signal output from the fourth matrix multiplier; a fifth matrix multiplier for multiplying the signal output from the second matrix multiplier by the inverse matrix of the fourth matrix of the determined parity check matrix; and a plurality of switches for multiplexing the information word, the fourth signal defined as a first parity, and the seventh signal defined as a second parity such that the information word, the first parity and the second parity are mapped to the block LDPC code. 18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the first partial matrix and the second partial matrix are partial matrixes mapped to an information part associated with an information word in the determined parity check matrix. 19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the third partial matrix and the fourth partial matrix are partial matrixes mapped to a first parity part associated with a parity, and the fifth partial matrix and the sixth partial matrix are partial matrixes mapped to a second parity part associated with the parity. 20. A method for decoding a block low density parity check (LDPC) code, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a signal; and selecting one of a first parity check matrix and a second parity check matrix, and decoding the received signal according to the selected parity check matrix thereby detecting the block LDPC code, wherein the first parity check matrix is selected when a length of the block LDPC code is a first length, the second parity check matrix is used when the length of the block LDPC code is a second length different from the first length, and the second parity check matrix is defined by varying a size of the first parity check matrix, wherein the second parity check matrix has a relation defined by ai′=ai mod Ns′ (for 1≦i≦L) where a1, a2, . . . , aL denote exponents of L non-zero permutation matrixes among permutation matrixes of the first parity check matrix, Ns×Ns (Ns) denotes a size of partial blocks of the first parity check matrix, a1′, a2′, . . . , aL′ denote exponents of L non-zero permutation matrixes among permutation matrixes of the second parity check matrix, Ns′×Ns′ (Ns′) denotes a size of partial blocks of the second parity check matrix, and ‘mod’ denotes a modulo operation. 21. The method of claim 20, wherein the first parity check matrix is a parity check matrix generated such that the block LDPC code has the first length and is satisfied with a predetermined coding rate. 22. The method of claim 21, wherein the first parity check matrix includes a predetermined number of partial blocks, and each of the partial blocks has a predetermined size. 23. The method of claim 22, wherein the second parity check matrix is a parity check matrix defined by varying a size of the partial blocks of the first parity check matrix. 24. The method of claim 22, wherein a predetermined permutation matrix is mapped to each of the partial blocks on a one-to-one basis. 25. The method of claim 24, wherein the second parity check matrix is a parity check matrix generated by determining exponents of non-zero permutation matrixes among permutation matrixes of the second parity check matrix according to exponents of non-zero permutation matrixes among permutation matrixes of the first parity check matrix and a size of partial blocks of the second parity check matrix. 26. The method of claim 20, wherein the step of decoding the received signal according to the selected parity check matrix thereby detecting the block LDPC code comprises the steps of: determining a deinterleaving scheme and an interleaving scheme according to the selected parity check matrix; detecting probability values of the received signal; generating a first signal by subtracting a signal generated in a previous decoding process from the probability values of the received signal; deinterleaving the first signal using the deinterleaving scheme; detecting probability values from the deinterleaved signal; generating a second signal by subtracting the deinterleaved signal from probability values of the deinterleaved signal; and interleaving the second signal using the interleaving scheme, and iterative-decoding the interleaved signal thereby detecting the block LDPC code. 27. An apparatus for decoding a block low density parity check (LDPC) code, the apparatus comprising: a receiver for receiving a signal; and a decoder for selecting one of a first parity check matrix and a second parity check matrix, and decoding the received signal according to the selected parity check matrix thereby detecting the block LDPC code, wherein the first parity check matrix is used when a length of the block LDPC code is a first length, the second parity check matrix is used when the length of the block LDPC code is a second length different from the first length, and the second parity check matrix is defined by varying a size of the first parity check matrix, wherein the second parity check matrix has a relation defined in the following equation ai′=ai mod Ns′ (for 1≦i≦L) where a1, a2, . . . , aL denote exponents of L non-zero permutation matrixes among permutation matrixes of the first parity check matrix, Ns×Ns (Ns) denotes a size of partial blocks of the first parity check matrix, a1′, a2′, . . . , aL′ denote exponents of L non-zero permutation matrixes among permutation matrixes of the second parity check matrix, Ns′×Ns′ (Ns′) denotes a size of partial blocks of the second parity check matrix, and ‘mod’ denotes a modulo operation. 28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the first parity check matrix is a parity check matrix generated such that the block LDPC code has the first length and is satisfied with a predetermined coding rate. 29. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the first parity check matrix includes a predetermined number of partial blocks, and each of the partial blocks has a predetermined size. 30. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the second parity check matrix is a parity check matrix defined by varying a size of the partial blocks of the first parity check matrix. 31. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein a predetermined permutation matrix is mapped to each of the partial blocks on a one-to-one basis. 32. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the second parity check matrix is a parity check matrix generated by determining exponents of non-zero permutation matrixes among permutation matrixes of the second parity check matrix according to exponents of non-zero permutation matrixes among permutation matrixes of the first parity check matrix and a size of partial blocks of the second parity check matrix. 33. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the decoder comprises: a first controller for determining the first parity check matrix or the second parity check matrix according to a length of the block LDPC code to be decoded; a variable node decoder for detecting probability values of a received signal by connecting variable nodes according to a weight of each of columns constituting the determined parity check matrix; a first adder for subtracting a signal generated in a previous decoding process from a signal output from variable node decoder; a deinterleaver for deinterleaving a signal output from the first adder using a deinterleaving scheme determined according to the determined parity check matrix; a check node decoder for detecting probability values of a signal output from the deinterleaver by connecting check nodes according to a weight of each of rows constituting the determined parity check matrix; a second adder for subtracting a signal output from the deinterleaver from a signal output from the check node decoder; an interleaver for interleaving a signal output from the second adder using an interleaving scheme determined according to the determined parity check matrix, and outputting the interleaved signal to the variable node decoder and the first adder; and a second controller for controlling the deinterleaving scheme and the interleaving scheme according to the determined parity check matrix.
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