J4 ›› 2011, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (1): 147-152.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-2400.2011.01.024

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On nonbinary rate-compatible LDPC codes

ZHOU Lin;BAI Baoming;SHAO Junhu;LIN Wei   

  1. (State Key Lab. of Integrated Service Networks, Xidian Univ., Xi'an  710071, China)
  • Received:2010-01-22 Online:2011-02-20 Published:2011-04-08
  • Contact: ZHOU Lin E-mail:linzhou@mail.xidian.edu.cn

Abstract:

Two design methods for nonbinary rate-compatible LDPC(RC-LDPC)codes are proposed. And a novel irregular bit-wise shortening algorithm based on the algebraic properties of their binary images is proposed, with which we can obtain improved performance and extra flexibility; a symbol-wise puncturing algorithm for binary LDPC codes is extended to nonbinary LDPC codes. With these two algorithms, we obtain a family of nonbinary RC-LDPC codes with the code-rate range from 1/10 to 5/6. Simulation results demonstrate that gains of 0.1~1.1dB are obtained by proposed methods.

Key words: nonbinary LDPC codes, rate-compatible, shorten, puncture