A new method of constructing regular low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes was proposed. And the novel class of LDPC codes was applied in a coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system. This method e...A new method of constructing regular low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes was proposed. And the novel class of LDPC codes was applied in a coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system. This method extended the class of LDPC codes which could be constructed from shifted identity matrices. The method could avoid short cycles in Tanner graphs with simple inequation in the construction of shifting identity matrices, which made the girth of Tanner graphs 8. Because of the quasicyclic structure and the inherent block configuration of parity-check matrices, the encoders and the decoders were practically feasible. They were linear-time encodable and decodable. The LDPC codes proposed had various code rates, ranging from low to high. They performed excellently with iterative decoding and demonstrate better performance than other regular LDPC codes in OFDM systems.展开更多
文摘A new method of constructing regular low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes was proposed. And the novel class of LDPC codes was applied in a coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system. This method extended the class of LDPC codes which could be constructed from shifted identity matrices. The method could avoid short cycles in Tanner graphs with simple inequation in the construction of shifting identity matrices, which made the girth of Tanner graphs 8. Because of the quasicyclic structure and the inherent block configuration of parity-check matrices, the encoders and the decoders were practically feasible. They were linear-time encodable and decodable. The LDPC codes proposed had various code rates, ranging from low to high. They performed excellently with iterative decoding and demonstrate better performance than other regular LDPC codes in OFDM systems.