| 摘要 |
The error correcting decoding device of the present invention performs Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) decoding which accommodates a plurality of code rates while sharing circuits to suppress increase in circuit scale. If the set code rate is a second code rate which is a higher code rate than a first code rate, a column processing and row processing calculating unit (120A) uses a distributed submatrix in which a number of columns are selected and combined, wherein the number of columns is equal in number to the number of columns with which a first submatrix is constructed from a distributed check matrix corresponding to a second check matrix which accommodates the second code rate. At this time, the column processing and row processing calculating unit (120A) uses a distributed submatrix such that the row degree is less than or equal to the row degree of the first submatrix. |
