Low-Density Parity-Check Codes: Research Status and Development Direction

In this paper, we conclude five kinds of methods for construction of the regular low-density parity matrix H and three kinds of methods for the construction of irregular low-density parity-check matrix H. Through the analysis of the code rate and parameters of these eight kinds of structures, we find that the construction of low-density parity-check matrix tends to be more flexible and the parameter variability is enhanced. We propose that the current development cost should be lower with the progress of electronic technology and we need research on more practical Low-Density Parity-Check Codes (LDPC). Combined with the application of the quantum distribution key, we urgently need to explore the research direction of relevant theories and technologies of LDPC codes in other fields of quantum information in the future.

DESIGN OF QUASI-CYCLIC LDPC CODES BASED ON EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRIES

A new method for constructing Quasi-Cyclic (QC) Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) codes based on Euclidean Geometry (EG) is presented. The proposed method results in a class of QC-LDPC codes with girth of at least 6 and the designed codes perform very close to the Shannon limit with iterative decoding. Simulations show that the designed QC-LDPC codes have almost the same performance with the existing EG-LDPC codes.

Design of Irregular QC-LDPC Code Based Multi-Level Coded Modulation Scheme for High Speed Optical Communication Systems

In this paper, we focus on the design of irregular QC-LDPC code based multi-level coded modulation(MLCM) scheme by jointly optimizing the component code rate and the degree distribution of the irregular QC-LDPC component code. Firstly, the sub-channel capacities of MLCM systems is analyzed and discussed, based on which the optimal component code rate can be obtained. Secondly, an extrinsic information transfer chart based two-stage searching algorithm is proposed to find the good irregular QC-LDPC code ensembles with optimal component code rates for their corresponding sub-channels. Finally, by constructing the irregular QC-LDPC component codes from the designed ensembles with the aim of possibly enlarging the girth and reducing the number of the shortest cycles, the designed irregular QC-LDPC code based 16QAM and 64QAM MLCM systems can achieve 0.4 dB and 1.2 dB net coding gain, respectively, compared with the recently proposed regular QC-LDPC code based 16QAM and 64QAM MLCM systems.

Design of good QC-LDPC codes without small girth in the p-plane

A construction method based on the p-plane to design high-girth quasi-cyclic low-density parity-check （QC-LDPC） codes is proposed. Firstly the good points in every line of the p-plane can be ascertained through filtering the bad points, because the designed parity-check matrixes using these points have the short cycles in Tanner graph of codes. Then one of the best points from the residual good points of every line in the p-plane will be found, respectively. The optimal point is also singled out according to the bit error rate （BER） performance of the QC-LDPC codes at last. Explicit necessary and sufficient conditions for the QC-LDPC codes to have no short cycles are presented which are in favor of removing the bad points in the p-plane. Since preventing the short cycles also prevents the small stopping sets, the proposed construction method also leads to QC-LDPC codes with a higher stopping distance.

Ruling out small stopping sets and small girth in Tanner graph of QC-LDPC code

The existing constructions of quasi-cyclic low-density parity-check （QC-LDPC） codes do not consider the problems of small stopping sets and small girth together in the Tanner graph, while their existences will lead to the bit error rate （BER） performance of QC-LDPC codes being much poorer than that of randomly constructed LDPC codes even decoding failure. To solve the problem, some theorems of the specific chosen parity-check matrix of QC-LDPC codes without small stopping sets and small girth are proposed. A novel construction for QC-LDPC codes with long block lengths is presented by multiplying mmin or the multiple of mmin, which is the minimum order of the identity matrix for the chosen parity-check matrix. The simulation results show that the specific chosen parity-check matrix of QC-LDPC codes can effectively avoid specified stopping sets and small girth and exhibit excellent BER performance than random LDPC codes with the same longer codes length.

Weighted symbol-flipping decoding algorithm for nonbinary LDPC codes with flipping patterns

A novel low-complexity weighted symbol-flipping algorithm with flipping patterns to decode nonbinary low-density parity-check codes is proposed. The proposed decoding procedure updates the hard-decision received symbol vector iteratively in search of a valid codeword in the symbol vector space. Only one symbol is flipped in each iteration, and symbol flipping function, which is employed as the symbol flipping metric, combines the number of failed checks and the reliabilities of the received bits and calculated symbols. A scheme to avoid infinite loops and select one symbol to flip in high order Galois field search is also proposed. The design of flipping pattern＇s order and depth, which is dependent of the computational requirement and error performance, is also proposed and exemplified. Simulation results show that the algorithm achieves an appealing tradeoff between performance and computational requirement over relatively low Galois field for short to medium code length.

Quasi-cyclic LDPC codes with high-rate and low error floor based on Euclidean geometries

An improved Euclidean geometry approach to design quasi-cyclic （QC） Low-density parity-check （LDPC） codes with high-rate and low error floor is presented. The constructed QC-LDPC codes with high-rate have lower error floor than the original codes. The distribution of the minimum weight codeword is analyzed, and a sufficient existence condition of the minimum weight codeword is found. Simulations show that a lot of QC-LDPC codes with lower error floor can be designed by reducing the number of the minimum weight codewords satisfying this sufficient condition.

Code Design and Shuffled Iterative Decoding of a Quasi-Cyclic LDPC Coded OFDM System

In multipath environments, the error rate performance of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing （OFDM） is severely degraded by the deep fading subcarriers. Powerful error-correcting codes must be used with OFDM. This paper presents a quasi-cyclic low-density parity-check （LDPC） coded OFDM system, in which the redundant bits of each codeword are mapped to a higher-order modulation constellation. The op- timal degree distribution was calculated using density evolution. The corresponding quasi-cyclic LDPC code was then constructed using circulant permutation matrices. Group shuffled message passing scheduling was used in the iterative decoding. Simulation results show that the system achieves better error rate performance and faster decoding convergence than conventional approaches on both additive white Gaussian noise （AWGN） and Rayleigh fading channels.

Edge Coloring of Graphs with Applications in Coding Theory

In this paper,a new type of edge coloring of graphs together with an algorithm for such an edge coloring is presented to construct some columnweight three low-density parity-check(LDPC)codes whose Tanner graphs are free of 4-cycles.This kind of edge coloring is applied on some well-known classes of graphs such as complete graphs and complete bipartite graphs to generate some column-weight 3 LDPC codes having flexibility in terms of code length and rate.Interestingly,the constructed(3;k)-regular codes with regularities k=4;5;:::;22 have lengths n=12;20;26,35;48;57;70;88;104;117;140;155;176;204;228;247;280;301;330;having minimum block length compared to the best known similar codes in the literature.In addition to linear complexity of generating such parity-check matrices,they can be considered as the base matrices of some quasi-cyclic(QC)LDPC codes with maximum achievable girth 18,which inherit the low-complexity encoder implementations of QC-LDPC codes.Simulation results show that the QC-LDPC codes with large girth lifted from the constructed base matrices have good performances and outperform random codes,progressive edge growth LDPC codes,some finite fields and group rings based QC-LDPC codes and also have a close competition to the standard IEEE 802.16e(WiMAX)code.

A Deterministic Construction of Irregular LDPC Codes

In order to solve high encoding complexities of irregular low-density parity-check （LDPC） codes, a deterministic construction of irregular LDPC codes with low encoding complexities is proposed. The encoding algorithms are designed, whose complexities are linear equations of code length. The construction and encoding algorithms are derived from the effectively encoding characteristics of repeat-accumulate （RA） codes and masking technique. First, the new construction modifies parity-check matrices of RA codes to eliminate error floors of RA codes. Second, the new constructed parity-check matrices are based on Vandermonde matrices; this deterministic algebraic structure is easy for hardware implementation. Theoretic analysis and experimental results show that, at a bit-error rate of 10 × 10^-4, the new codes with lower encoding complexities outperform Mackay＇s random LDPC codes by 0.4-0.6 dB over an additive white Gauss noise （AWGN） channel.