A High Throughput Implementation of QC-LDPC Codes for 5G NR

Autor: Hao Wu, Huayong Wang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: IEEE Access, Vol 7, Pp 185373-185384 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2169-3536
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2960839
Popis: Quasi-cyclic low-density parity-check (QC-LDPC) codes are the choice for data channels in the fifth generation (5G) new radio (NR). At the transmitter side, code bits from the QC-LDPC encoder are delivered to the rate matcher. The task of the rate matcher is to select an appropriate number of code bits via puncturing and/or repetition. Code bits that are not selected do not need to be encoded. At the receiver side, the de-rate matcher combines code bits of different transmission attempts and sends them to the QC-LDPC decoder. The output of the QC-LDPC decoder only needs to include necessary systematic bits. Unnecessary systematic bits and parity bits can be completely removed from the decoding process. Taking these considerations into account, a smaller sub-base matrix instead of a full-base matrix can be used in the encoding and decoding process. In this paper, we propose an efficient implementation of QC-LDPC codes for 5G NR. The full-base matrix is pruned before being used. Compared to the traditional schemes, the proposed scheme improves the throughput of QC-LDPC codes in 5G NR.
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