LOW-DENSITY PARITY-CHECK CODES FOR MULTIPLE CODE RATES

摘要

Puncture sequences S₁, S₂, etc. for code rates R₁, R₂, etc. less than a maximum code rate R_max are defined subsets of a maximum rate puncture sequence S_max that corresponds to the maximum code rate R_max. Each puncture sequence S_i for a code rate R_i is related to the puncture sequence S_i-1, of the previous code rate R_i-1, and preferably S₁⊂S₂⊂ . . . ⊂S_max-1⊂S_max. The puncture sequences are groups of one or more memory elements, each of which is a variable degree, a variable node location, a check degree, or a check node location. A method for deriving such a puncture sequence for variable code rates is also disclosed.