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[DESCRIPTION]
[Invention Title]
TRANSMITTER AND ADDITIONAL PARITY GENERATING METHOD THEREOF
[Technical Field]
Apparatuses and methods consistent with exemplary embodiments of the inventive
concept relate to a
transmitter and a method of generating an additional parity for signal
transmission.
[Background Art]
Broadcast communication services in information oriented society of the 21'
century are entering an era
of digitalization, multi-channelization, bandwidth broadening, and high
quality. In particular, as a high
definition digital television (TV) and portable broadcasting signal reception
devices are widespread, digital
broadcasting services have an increased demand for a support of various
receiving schemes.
According to such demand, standard groups set up broadcasting communication
standards to provide
various signal transmission and reception services satisfying the needs of a
user. Still, however, a method for
providing better services to a user with more improved performance is
required.
[Disclosure]
[Technical Problem]
Exemplary embodiments of the inventive concept may overcome disadvantages of
related art signal
transmitter and receiver and methods thereof. However, these embodiments are
not required to or may not
overcome such disadvantages. The exemplary embodiments provide a transmitter
and a method for generating
an additional parity bit using parity bits generated by encoding.
[Technical Solution]
According to an aspect of an exemplary embodiment, there is provided a
transmitter which may include:
a Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) encoder which encodes input bits including
outer encoded bits to generate
an LDPC codeword including the input bits and parity bits to be transmitted to
a receiver in a current frame; a
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puncturer which punctures a part of the parity bits which is not transmitted
in the current frame; and an
additional parity generator which selects at least a part of the parity bits
to generate additional parity bits
transmitted to the receiver in a previous frame of the current frame, wherein
a number of the additional parity
bits is determined based on a number of the outer encoded bits and a number of
the parity bits left after the
puncturing.
The number of the additional parity bits may be determined further based on a
number of the punctured
parity bits which are not transmitted to the receiver in the current frame.
The transmitter may further include a repeater which repeats, in the LDPC
codeword, at least a part of
bits of the LDPC codeword so that the repeated bits of the LDPC codeword are
transmitted along with the LDPC
codeword prior to the repetition in the current frame.
The number of the additional parity bits is determined further based on a
number of the repeated bits of
the LDPC codeword.
The number of the additional parity bits may be calculated based on a
temporary number NAP temp of the
additional parity bits calculated based on Equation 8.
The number of the additional parity bits may be calculated based on Equation
10.
According to an aspect of another exemplary embodiment, there is provided a
method for generating an
additional parity at a transmitter. The method may include: encoding input
bits including outer encoded bits to
generate an LDPC codeword including the input bits and parity bits to be
transmitted to a receiver in a current
frame; puncturing a part of the parity bits which is not transmitted in the
current frame; and generating additional
parity bits transmitted to the receiver in a previous frame of the current
frame by selecting at least a part of the
parity bits, wherein a number of the additional parity bits is determined
based on a number of the outer encoded
bits and a number of remaining parity bits left after the puncturing.
The method may further include repeating, in the LDPC codeword, at least a
part of bits of the LDPC
codeword so that the repeated bits of the LDPC codeword are transmitted along
with the LDPC codeword prior
to the repetition in the current frame.
The number of the additional parity bits is determined further based on a
number of the repeated bits of
the LDPC codeword.
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The repeated bits of the LDPC codeword may be at least a part of the parity
bits. When a number of the
additional parity bits to be generated is greater than a number of the
punctured parity bits and less than a sum of
the punctured parity bits and the repeated parity bits, the punctured bits and
bits from a first bit of the repeated
parity bits may be selected to form the additional parity bits. When a number
of the additional parity bits to be
generated by the additional parity generator is greater than a sum of a number
of the punctured parity bits and a
number of the parity bits, bits may be selected in an order of the punctured
bits, the repeated parity bits, and the
parity bits to generate the additional parity bits. When a number of the
additional parity bits to be generated is
less than a number of the punctured parity bits, bits may be selected from a
lastly punctured bit of the punctured
parity bits to generate the additional parity bits.
A number of the additional parity bits may be set to an integer multiple of a
modulation order used to
modulate the input bits and the remaining parity bits for transmission to the
receiver.
According to an aspect of another exemplary embodiment, there is provided a
transmitting apparatus
which is operable in a mode among a plurality of modes, the transmitting
apparatus comprising: an encoder
configured to encode information bits comprising input bits to generate parity
bits; a repeater configured to
append one or more bits of the generated parity bits between the information
bits and the generated parity bits, in
a predetermined mode among the plurality of modes; a puncturer configured to
puncture one or more parity bits
from the generated parity bits; an additional parity generator configured to
calculate a number of additional
parity bits based on a number of the appended bits and generate the additional
parity bits based on the calculated
number; and, a transmitter configured to transmit the additional parity bits
in a first frame and transmit the input
bits, remaining parity bits of the generated parity bits after puncturing and
the appended bits in a second frame,
wherein the first frame is transmitted prior to the second frame.
According to an aspect of another exemplary embodiment, there is provided a
transmitting method of a
transmitting apparatus which is operable in a mode among a plurality of modes,
the method comprising:
encoding information bits comprising input bits to generate a parity bits;
appending one or more bits of the
generated parity bits between the information bits and the generated parity
bits, in a predetermined mode among
the plurality of modes; puncturing one or more parity bits from the generated
parity bits; calculating a number of
additional parity bits based on a number of the appended bits; generating the
additional parity based on the
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calculated number; and transmitting the additional parity bits in a first
frame and transmit the input bits,
remaining parity bits of the generated parity bits after puncturing and the
appended bits in a second frame,
wherein the first frame is transmitted prior to the second frame.
In another aspect of the invention, there is provided a receiving apparatus
being operable in a mode
among a plurality of modes. The receiving apparatus comprises:
a receiver configured to receive a first frame and a second frame from a
transmitting apparatus;
a demodulator configured to demodulate the first frame to generate values and
demodulate the second
frame to generate values;
an inserter configured to insert predetermined values to the values
demodulated from the first frame;
a combiner configured to, in case that the mode is a predetemined mode among
the plurality of modes,
add first values of the values to which the predetermined values are inserted
to second values of the values to
which the predetermined values are inserted, and add third values of the
values demodulated from the second
frame to fourth values of the values to which the predetermined values are
inserted;
a decoder configured to decode values output from the combiner based on a low
density parity check
(LDPC) code,
wherein, in case that a mode of the transmitting apparatus is the
predetermined mode, the first frame is
generated in the transmitting apparatus based on encoding information bits to
generate parity bits based on the
LDPC code, appending one or more parity bits of the generated parity bits
between the information bits and the
generated parity bits, and puncturing one or more bits from the generated
parity bits,
wherein the second frame is generated in the transmitting apparatus based on
one or more parity bits
selected from the appended parity bits and the punctured parity bits,
wherein a number of the selected parity bits is calculated based on a number
the appended parity bits,
wherein the first values correspond to the appended parity bits,
wherein the third values correspond to the selected parity bits,
wherein the predetermined values correspond to the punctured parity bits, and
wherein the second frame is received prior to the first frame.
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In another aspect of the invention, there is provided a receiving method of a
receiving apparatus being
operable in a mode among a plurality of modes. The receiving method comprises
the following steps:
receiving a first frame and a second frame from a transmitting apparatus;
demodulating the first frame to generate values and demodulate the second
frame to generate values;
inserting predetermined values to the values demodulated from the first frame;
in case that the mode is a predetermined mode among the plurality of modes,
adding first values of the
values to which the predetermined values are inserted to second values of the
values to which the predetermined
values are inserted and adding third values of the values demodulated from the
second frame to fourth values of
the values to which the predetermined values are inserted;
decoding values output from the combiner based on a low density parity check
(LDPC) code,
wherein, in case that a mode of the transmitting apparatus is the
predetermined mode, the first frame is
generated in the transmitting apparatus based on encoding information bits to
generate parity bits based on the
LDPC code, appending one or more parity bits of the generated parity bits
between the information bits and the
generated parity bits, and puncturing one or more bits from the generated
parity bits,
wherein the second frame is generated in the transmitting apparatus based on
one or more parity bits
selected from the appended parity bits and the punctured parity bits,
wherein a number of the selected parity bits is calculated based on a number
the appended parity bits,
wherein the first values correspond to the appended parity bits,
wherein the third values correspond to the selected parity bits,
wherein the predetermined values correspond to the punctured parity bits, and
wherein the second frame is received prior to the first frame.
[Advantageous Effects]
As described above, according to various exemplary embodiments, some of the
parity bits may be
additionally transmitted to obtain a coding gain
and a diversity gain.
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[Description of Drawings]
The above and/or other aspects of the exemplary embodiments will be described
herein with reference
to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram for describing a configuration of a transmitter,
according to an exemplary
embodiment;
FIGs. 2 and 3 are diagrams for describing a parity check matrix, according to
exemplary embodiments;
FIGs. 4 to 7 are block diagrams for describing repetition, according to
exemplary embodiments;
FIGs. 8 to 11 are block diagrams for describing puncturing, according to
exemplary embodiments;
FIGs. 12 to 40 are diagrams for describing methods for generating additional
parity bits, according to
exemplary embodiments;
FIG. 41 is a diagram for describing a frame structure, according to an
exemplary embodiment;
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FIGs. 42 and 43 are block diagrams for describing detailed configurations of a
transmitter, according to
exemplary embodiments;
FIGs. 44 to 57 are diagrams for describing methods for processing signaling,
according to exemplary
embodiments;
FIGs. 58 and 59 are block diagrams for describing configurations of a
receiver, according to exemplary
embodiments;
FIGs. 60 and 61 are diagrams for describing an example of combining Log
Likelihood Ratio (LLR)
values of a receiver, according to exemplary embodiments;
FIG. 62 is a diagram illustrating an example of providing information about a
length of an Li signal
according to an exemplary embodiment;
FIG. 63 is a flow chart for describing a method for generating an additional
parity, according to an
exemplary embodiment; and
FIG. 64 is a diagram for describing a coding gain and a diversity gain which
may be obtained upon
using an additional parity, according to an exemplary embodiment.
[Best Mode]
[Mode for Invention]
Hereinafter, the exemplary embodiments will be described in more detail with
reference to
accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a transmitter
according to an exemplary
embodiment. Referring to FIG. 1, a transmitter 100 includes a Low Density
Parity Check (LDPC) encoder 110,
a repeater 120, a puncturer 130, and an additional parity generator 140.
The LDPC encoder 110 may encode input bits of a service which may include
various data. In other
words, the LDPC encoder 110 may perform LDPC encoding on the input bits to
generate parity bits, that is,
LDPC parity bits.
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In detail, the input bits are LDPC information bits for the LDPC encoding and
may include outer-
encoded bits and zero bits (that is, bits having a 0 value). Here, the outer-
encoded bits include information bits
and parity bits (or parity check bits) generated by outer-encoding the
information bits.
Here, the information bits may be signaling (alternatively referred to as
"signaling bits" or "signaling
information"). The signaling may include information required for a receiver
200 (as illustrated in FIG. 58 or 59)
to process service data (for example, broadcasting data) transmitted from the
transmitter 100.
The outer encoding is a coding operation which is performed before inner
encoding in a concatenated
coding operation, and may use various encoding schemes such as Bose,
Chaudhuri, Hocquenghem (BCH)
encoding and/or cyclic redundancy check (CRC) encoding. In this case, the
inner encoding may be the LDPC
encoding.
For LDPC encoding, a predetermined number of LDPC information bits depending
on a code rate and a
code length are required. Therefore, when the number of outer-encoded bits
generated by outer-encoding the
information bits is less than the required number of LDPC information bits, an
appropriate number of zero bits
are padded to obtain the required number of LDPC information bits for the LDPC
encoding. Therefore, the
outer-encoded bits and the padded zero bits may configure the LDPC information
bits as many as the number of
bits required for the LDPC encoding.
Since the padded zero bits are bits required to obtain the predetermined
number of bits for the LDPC
encoding, the padded zero bits are LDPC-encoded and then are not transmitted
to the receiver 200. As such, a
procedure of padding zero bits, and then, not transmitting the padded zero
bits to the receiver 200 may be called
shortening. In this case, the padded zero bits may be called shortening bits
(or shortened bits).
For example, it is assumed that the number of information bits is Ksig and the
number of bits when M011
parity bits are added to the information bits by the outer encoding, that is,
the number of outer-encoded bits
including the information bits and the parity bits is Nouter (= Kstg+Mouter).
In this case, when the number Nouter of outer-encoded bits is less than the
number Kmpc of LDPC
information bits, Kldpc-Nouter zero bits are padded so that the outer-encoded
bits and the padded zero bits may
configure the LDPC information bits together.
The foregoing example describes that zero bits are padded, which is only one
example.
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When the information bits are signaling for data or a service data, a length
of the information bits may
vary depending on the amount of the data. Therefore, when the number of
information bits is greater than the
number of LDPC information bits required for the LDPC encoding, the
information bits may be segmented
below a predetermined value.
Therefore, when the number of information bits or the number of segmented
information bits is less
than the number obtained by subtracting the number of parity bits (that is,
Mout.) generated by the outer
encoding from the number of LDPC information bits, zero bits are padded as
many as the number obtained by
subtracting the number of outer-encoded bits from the number of LDPC
information bits so that the LDPC
information bits may be formed of the outer-encoded bits and the padded zero
bits.
However, when the number of information bits or the number of segmented
information bits are equal
to the number obtained by subtracting the number of parity bits generated by
outer encoding from the number of
LDPC information bits, the LDPC information bits may be formed of the outer-
encoded bits without padded zero
bits.
The foregoing example describes that the information bits are outer-encoded,
which is only one
example. However, the information bits may not be outer-encoded and configure
the LDPC information bits
along with zero bits padded depending on the number of information bits or
only the information bits may
configure LDPC information bits without separately padding.
For convenience of explanation, outer encoding will be described below under
an assumption that it is
performed by BCH encoding.
In detail, the input bits will be described under an assumption that they
include BCH-encoded bits and
zero bits, the BCH-encoded bits including information bits and BCH parity-
check bits (or BCH parity bits)
generated by BCH-encoding the information bits.
That is, it is assumed that the number of the information bits is Ksig and the
number of bits when M
¨outer
BCH parity check bits by the BCH encoding are added to the information bits,
that is, the number of BCH-
encoded bits including the information bits and the BCH parity check bits is
Nouter (= Ksig+Moutes). Here,
M.A..= 1 6 8.
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The foregoing example describes that zero bits, which will be shortened, are
padded, which is only one
example. That is, since zero bits are bits having a value preset by the
transmitter 100 and the receiver 200 and
padded only to form LDPC information bits along with information bits
including information to be substantially
transmitted to the receiver 200, bits having another value (for example, 1)
preset by the transmitter 100 and the
receiver 200 instead of zero bits may be padded for shortening.
The LDPC encoder 110 may systematically encode LDPC information bits to
generate LDPC parity
bits, and output an LDPC codeword (or LDPC-encoded bits) formed of the LDPC
information bits and the
LDPC parity bits. That is, the LDPC code is a systematic code, and therefore,
the LDPC codeword may be
formed of the LDPC information bits before being LDPC-encoded and the LDPC
parity bits generated by the
LDPC encoding.
For example, the LDPC encoder 110 may LDPC-encode K1d LDPC information bits i
=
1) to generate NIdpc_parity LDPC parity bits (po, pi' p
_K. . _ 1) and output an LDPC codeword
dif =lapr
A = (co, ci, rAr. ¨ 00, il, = = =
"= ==' PO pi p, ) formed of Ninner(¨Kldpc+Nldpc_parity)
bits.
In this case, the LDPC encoder 110 may perform the LDPC encoding on the input
bits (i.e., LDPC
information bits) at various code rates to generate an LDPC codeword having a
predetermined length.
For example, the LDPC encoder 110 may perform LDPC encoding on 3240 input bits
at a code rate of
3/15 to generate an LDPC codeword formed of 16200 bits. As another example,
the LDPC encoder 110 may
perform LDPC encoding on 6480 input bits at a code rate of 6/15 to generate an
LDPC codeword formed of
16200 bits.
A process of performing LDPC encoding is a process of generating an LDPC
codeword to satisfy H =
CT=0, and thus, the LDPC encoder 110 may use a parity check matrix to perform
the LDPC encoding. Here, H
represents the parity check matrix and C represents the LDPC codeword.
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Hereinafter, a structure of the parity check matrix according to various
exemplary embodiments will be
described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the parity check
matrix, elements of a portion other
than 1 are 0.
For example, the parity check matrix according to the exemplary embodiment may
have a structure as
illustrated in FIG. 2.
Referring to FIG. 2, a parity check matrix 20 may be formed of five sub-
matrices A, B, C, Z and D.
Hereinafter, for describing the structure of the parity check matrix 20, each
matrix structure will be described.
The sub-matrix A is formed of K columns and g rows, and the sub-matrix C is
formed of K+g columns
and N-K-g rows. Here, K (or Kmpc) represents a length of LDPC information bits
and N (or Ni.) represents a
length of an LDPC codeword.
Further, in the sub-matrices A and C, indexes of a row in which 1 is
positioned in a 0-th column of an i-
th column group may be defined based on Table 1 when the length of the LDPC
codeword is 16200 and the code
rate is 3/15. The number of columns belonging to a same column group may be
360.
[Table 1]
8 372 841 4522 5253 7430 8542 9822 10550 11896 11988
80 255 667 1511 3549 5239 5422 5497 7157 7854 11267
257 406 792 2916 3072 3214 3638 4090 8175 8892 9003
80 150 346 1883 6838 7818 9482 10366 10514 11468 12341
32 100 978 3493 6751 7787 8496 10170 10318 10451 12561
504 803 856 2048 6775 7631 8110 8221 8371 9443 10990
152 283 696 1164 4514 4649 7260 7370 11925 11986 12092
127 1034 1044 1842 3184 3397 5931 7577 11898 12339 12689
107 513 979 3934 4374 4658 7286 7809 8830 10804 10893
2045 2499 7197 8887 9420 9922 10132 10540 10816 11876
2932 6241 7136 7835 8541 9403 9817 11679 12377 12810
2211 2288 3937 4310 5952 6597 9692 10445 11064 11272
Hereinafter, positions (alternatively referred to as "indexes" or "index
values") of a row in which 1 is
positioned in the sub-matrices A and C will be described in detail with
reference to, for example, Table 1.
When the length of an LDPC codeword is 16,200 and the code rate is 3/15,
coding parameters MI, M2,
Qi and Q2 based on the parity check matrix 200 each are 1080, 11880,3 and 33.
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Here, Qi represents a size at which columns belonging to a same column group
in the sub-matrix A are
cyclic-shifted, and Q2 represents a size at which columns belonging to a same
column group in the sub-matrix C
are cyclic-shifted.
Further, Ql= Ma, Q2= MA, M1= g, M2= N-K-g and L represents an interval at
which patterns of a
column are repeated in the sub-matrices A and C, respectively, that is, the
number (for example, 360) of columns
belonging to a same column group.
The indexes of the row in which 1 is positioned in the sub-matrices A and C,
respectively, may be
determined based on an M1 value.
For example, in above Table 1, since M1=1080, the position of a row in which 1
is positioned in a 0-th
column of an i-th column group in the sub-matrix A may be determined based on
values less than 1080 among
index values of above Table 1, and the position of a row in which 1 is
positioned in a 0-th column of an i-th
column group in the sub-matrix C may be determined based on values equal to or
greater than 1080 among the
index values of above Table 1.
In detail, a sequence corresponding to a 0-th column group in above Table 1 is
"8 372 841 4522 5253
7430 8542 9822 10550 11896 11988". Therefore, in a 0-th column of a 0-th
column group in the sub-matrix A,
1 may be positioned in an eighth row, a 372-throw, and an 841-throw,
respectively, and in a 0-th column of a 0-
th column group in the sub-matrix C, 1 may be positioned in a 4522-th row, a
5253-th row, a 7430-th row, an
8542-throw, a 9822-throw, a 10550-throw, a 11896-throw, and a 11988-row,
respectively.
In the sub-matrix A, when the position of 1 is defined in a 0-th columns of
each column group, it may
be cyclic-shifted by Q1 to define a position of a row in which 1 is positioned
in other columns of each column
group, and in the sub-matrix C, when the position of 1 is defined in a 0-th
columns of each column group, it may
be cyclic-shifted by Q2 to define a position of a row in which 1 is positioned
in other columns of each column
group.
In the foregoing example, in the 0-th column of the 0-th column group in the
sub-matrix A, 1 is
positioned in an eighth row, a 372-th row, and an 841-th row. In this case,
since Q1=3, indexes of a row in
which 1 is positioned in a first column of the 0-th column group may be
11(=8+3), 375(=372+3), and
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844(=841+3) and indexes of a row in which 1 is positioned in a second column
of the 0-th column group may be
14(=11+3), 378(=375+3), and 847(= 844+3).
In a 0-th column of a 0-th column group in the sub-matrix C, 1 is positioned
in a 4522-th row, a 5253-th
row, a 7430-throw, an 8542-throw, a 9822-throw, a 10550-throw, a 11896-throw,
and a 11988-throw. In this
case, since Q2=33, the indexes of the row in which 1 is positioned in a first
column of the 0-th column group
may be 4555(=4522+33), 5286(=5253+33), 7463(=7430+33), 8575(=8542+33),
9855(=9822+33)
10583(=10550+33), 11929(=11896+33), and 12021(=11988+33) and the indexes of
the row in which 1 is
positioned in a second column of the 0-th column group may be 4588(=4555+33),
5319(=5286+33),
7496(=7463+33), 8608(=8575+33), 9888(=9855+33), 10616(=10583+33),
11962(=11929+33), and
12054(=12021+33).
According to the scheme, the positions of the row in which 1 is positioned in
all the column groups in
the sub-matrices A and C may be defined.
The sub-matrix B is a dual diagonal matrix, the sub-matrix D is an identity
matrix, and the sub-matrix Z
is a zero matrix.
As a result, the structure of the parity check matrix 20 as illustrated in
FIG. 2 may be defined by the
sub-matrices A, B, C, D and Z having the above structure.
Hereinafter, a method for performing, by the LDPC encoder 110, LDPC encoding
based on the parity
check matrix 20 as illustrated in FIG. 2 will be described.
The LDPC code may be used to encode an information block S = (so, si,
sici). In this case, to
generate an LDPC codeword A = kl, ?Ni) having a length of N = K+M1+M2,
parity blocks P = (po, pl,
= m..iim._1) from the information block S may be systematically encoded.
As a result, the LDPC codeword may be A=(so, Si. po, pi,
Here, M1 and M2 each represent a size of parity sub-matrices corresponding to
the dual diagonal sub-
matrix B and the identity matrix sub-D, respectively, in which M1= g and M2= N-
K-g.
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A process of calculating parity bits may be represented as follows.
Hereinafter, for convenience of
explanation, a case in which the parity check matrix 20 is defined as above
Table 1 will be described as one
example.
Step 1) 2j is initialized to be s, (i = 0, 1, ..., K-1) and p, is initialized
to be 0 (j = 0, 1, ..., Mi+M2-1).
Step 2) A first information bit 2o is accumulated in a parity bit address
defined in the first row of above
Table 1.
Step 3) For the next L-1 information bits i..õ(m = 1, 2, ..., L-1), 2m is
accumulated in the parity bit
address calculated based on following Equation 1.
(X, M X Q1) mod Mi (if x < M1)
M {(M1 m X 02) mod M2} (if x M1)
... (1)
In above Equation 1, x represents an address of a parity bit accumulator
corresponding to a first
information bit 2o. Further, QI=Mi/L and Q2=M2/L.
In this case, since the length of the LDPC codeword is 16200 and the code rate
is 3/15, M1=1080,
M2=11880, Q1=3, Q2=33, L=360.
Step 4) Since the parity bit address like the second row of above Table 1 is
given to an L-th information
bit 4, similar to the foregoing scheme, the parity bit address for next L-1
information bits 2m (m = L+1, L+2,
2L-1) is calculated by the scheme described in the above step 3. In this case,
x represents the address of the
parity bit accumulator corresponding to the information bit 4 and may be
obtained based on the second row of
above Table 1.
Step 5) For L new information bits of each group, the new rows of above Table
1 are set as the address
of the parity bit accumulator, and thus, the foregoing process is repeated.
Step 6) After the foregoing process is repeated from the codeword bit 2o to
4_1, a value for following
Equation 2 is sequentially calculated from i=1.
=P1 0 Pi.1 (i M-1)
... (2)
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ic+ A41-1
Step 7) The parity bits 4 to
corresponding to the dual diagonal sub-matrix B are
calculated based on following Equation 3.
K+Lxt+s¨ p (Ocsv < < Q ,)
Qixs=rt
(3)
Step 8) The address of the parity bit accumulator for the L new codeword bits
4 to K+ A4r1-1 of each
group is calculated based on the new row of above Table 1 and above Equation
1.
K+ Af -I K+
Step 9) After the codeword bits 4 to 1 are applied, the parity bits
, A to
KM +M1
corresponding to the sub-matrix D are calculated based on following Equation
4.
(OSs < 0<t <
K+M +1,4-1-s z-- M +0 xs-I-1
I ¨ 2 ... (4)
As a result, the parity bits may be calculated by the above scheme. However,
this is only one example,
and therefore, the scheme for calculating the parity bits based on the parity
check matrix as illustrated in FIG. 2
may be variously defined.
As such, the LDPC encoder 110 may perform the LDPC encoding based on above
Table 1 to generate
the LDPC codeword.
In detail, the LDPC encoder 110 may perform the LDPC encoding on 3240 input
bits, that is, the LDPC
information bits at the code rate of 3/15 based on above Table 1 to generate
12960 LDPC parity bits, and output
the LDPC parity bits and the LDPC codeword including the LDPC parity bits. In
this case, the LDPC codeword
may be formed of 16200 bits.
As another example, the parity check matrix according to the exemplary
embodiment may have a
structure as illustrated in FIG. 3.
Referring to FIG. 3, a parity check matrix 30 is formed of an information sub-
matrix 31 which is a sub-
matrix corresponding to the information bits (that is, LDPC information bits)
and a parity sub-matrix 32 which is
a sub-matrix corresponding to the parity bits (that is, LDPC parity bits).
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The information sub-matrix 31 includes Kid columns and the parity sub-matrix
32 includes Nkipc_parity =
Nimier-Kkipc columns. The number of rows of the parity check matrix 30 is
equal to the number NIdpc_partty = Numer-
Kldpc of columns of the parity sub-matrix 32.
Further, in the parity check matrix 30, Niinier represents the length of the
LDPC codeword, Kkhic
represents the length of the information bits, and Nmpc_parity = Nimier-Kidpc
represents the length of the parity bits.
Hereinafter, the structures of the information sub-matrix 31 and the parity
sub-matrix 32 will be
described.
The information sub-matrix 31 is a matrix including the Kkipc columns (that
is, 0-th column to (Kid,-1)-
th column) and depends on the following rule.
First, the Kid columns configuring the information sub-matrix 31 belong to the
same group by M
numbers and are divided into a total of Kidpe/M column groups. The columns
belonging to the same column
group have a relationship that they are cyclic-shifted by Qmpc from one
another. That is, Qmpc may be considered
as a cyclic shift parameter value for columns of the column group in the
information sub-matrix configuring the
parity check matrix 30.
Here, M represents an interval (for example, M=360) at which the pattern of
columns in the information
sub-matrix 31 is repeated and Qmpc is a size at which each column in the
information sub-matrix 31 is cyclic-
shifted. M is a common divisor of Niinier and Kkipc, and is determined so that
Qmpc= a \I inner-KldpcVM is established.
Here, M and Qmpc are integers and Kidpc/M also becomes an integer. M and Qmpc
may have various values
depending on the length of the LDPC codeword and the code rate.
For example, when M=360, the length Niimer of the LDPC codeword is 16200, and
the code rate is 6/15,
Qmpc may be 27.
Second, if a degree (herein, the degree is the number of values is positioned
in a column and the
degrees of all columns belonging to a same column group are the same) of a 0-
th column of an i-th (i = 0, 1, ...,
K1dpc/M-1) column group is set to be Di and positions (or index) of each row
in which 1 is positioned in the 0-th
1" (0) n ( D ) (k)
. 0 i =
column of the i-th column group is set to be 4
, an index R J of a row in which a
k-th 1 is positioned in a j-th column in the i-th column group is determined
based on following Equation 5.
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(k) Or)
R ij ¨ R Q idpc mod( N K
(5)
In above Equation 5, k=0, 1, 2, ..., Di-1; i = 0, 1, ..., Kidpc/M-1; j = 1, 2,
..., M-1.
Above Equation 5 may be represented like following Equation 6.
R(k),(R(k)+(j
mod Af) x Q idpc) mod ( N
zj i,o inner- K Icipc)
... (6)
In above Equation 6, k = 0, 1, 2, ..., Di-1; i = 0, 1, ..., Kidpe/M-1; j = 1,
2, ..., M-1. In above Equation 6,
since j = 1, 2, ..., M-1, (j mod M) may be considered as j.
R (k)
In these Equations, J represents the index of a row in which a k-th 1 is
positioned in a j-th column
in an i-th column group, Niimer represents the length of an LDPC codeword, Kid
represents the length of
information bits, Di represents the degree of columns belonging to the i-th
column group, M represents the
number of columns belonging to one column group, and Qmpc represents the size
at which each column is cyclic-
shifted.
(k) (k)
R =
As a result, referring to the above Equations, if a " value is
known, the index id of the row
in which the k-th 1 is positioned in the j-th column in the i-th column group
may be known. Therefore, when the
index value of the row in which the k-th 1 is positioned in a 0-th columns of
each column group is stored, the
positions of the column and the row in which 1 is positioned in the parity
check matrix 30 (that is, information
sub-matrix 31 of the parity check matrix 30) having the structure of FIG. 3
may be checked.
According to the foregoing rules, all degrees of columns belonging to the i-th
column group are D.
Therefore, according to the foregoing rules, the LDPC code in which the
information on the parity check matrix
is stored may be briefly represented as follows.
For example, when Njinier is 30, Kkipc is 15, and Qmpc is 3, positional
information of the row in which 1 is
positioned in 0-th columns of three column groups may be represented by
sequences as following Equation 7,
which may be named 'weight-1 position sequence'.
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=1,R1(20) = = 8,R =10,
RP) -OR(') = 9 le') =13,
4.0 2,0 a,0
JR2 R3(.2 =14.
(7)
D Ot)
In above Equation 7, represents the indexes of the row in which the k-
th 1 is positioned in the j-
th column of the i-th column group.
The weight-1 position sequences as above Equation 7 representing the index of
the row in which 1 is
positioned in the 0-th columns of each column group may be more briefly
represented as following Table 2.
[Table 2]
1 2 8 1 0
0 9i 3
01
Above Table 2 represents positions of elements having a value 1 in the parity
check matrix and the i-th
weight-1 position sequence is represented by the indexes of the row in which 1
is positioned in the 0-th column
belonging to the i-th column group.
The information sub-matrix 31 of the parity check matrix according to the
exemplary embodiment
described above may be defined based on following Table 3.
Here, following Table 3 represents the indexes of the row in which 1 is
positioned in a 0-th column of
an i-th column group in the information sub-matrix 31. That is, the
information sub-matrix 31 is formed of a
plurality of column groups each including M columns and the positions of is in
0-th columns of each of the
plurality of column groups may be defined as following Table 3.
For example, when the length N. of the LDPC codeword is 16200, the code rate
is 6/15, and the M is
360, the indexes of the row in which 1 is positioned in the 0-th column of the
i-th column group in the
information sub-matrix 31 are as following Table 3.
[Table 3]
27 430 519 828 1897 1943 2513 2600 2640 3310 3415 4266 5044 5100 5328 5483
5928 6204 6392
6416 6602 7019 7415 7623 8112 8485 8724 8994 9445 9667
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27 174 188 631 1172 1427 1779 2217 2270 2601 2813 3196 3582 3895 3908 3948
4463 4955 5120
5809 5988 6478 6604 7096 7673 7735 7795 8925 9613 9670
27 370 617 852 910 1030 1326 1521 1606 2118 2248 2909 3214 3413 3623 3742 3752
4317 4694
5300 5687 6039 6100 6232 6491 6621 6860 7304 8542 8634
990 1753 7635 8540
933 1415 5666 8745
27 6567 8707 9216
2341 8692 9580 9615
260 1092 5839 6080
352 3750 4847 7726
4610 6580 9506 9597
2512 2974 4814 9348
1461 4021 5060 7009
1796 2883 5553 8306
1249 5422 7057
3965 6968 9422
1498 2931 5092
27 1090 6215
26 4232 6354
According to another exemplary embodiment, a parity check matrix in which an
order of indexes in
each sequence corresponding to each column group in above Table 3 is changed
is considered as a same parity
check matrix for the LDPC code as the above described parity check matrix is
another example of the inventive
concept.
According to still another exemplary embodiment, a parity check matrix in
which an array order of the
sequences of the column groups in above Table 3 is changed is also considered
as a same parity check matrix as
the above described parity check matrix in that they have a same algebraic
characteristics such as cycle
characteristics and degree distributions on a graph of a code.
According to yet another exemplary embodiment, a parity check matrix in which
a multiple of Qm, is
added to all indexes of a sequence corresponding to column group in above
Table 3 is also considered as a same
parity check matrix as the above described parity check matrix in that they
have a same cycle characteristics and
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degree distributions on the graph of the code. Here, it is to be noted that
when a value obtained by adding the
multiple of Qmpc to a given sequence is equal to or more than Nim.-Kmpc, the
value needs to be changed into a
value obtained by performing a modulo operation on the Nimer-Kmpc and then
applied.
If the position of the row in which 1 is positioned in the 0-th column of the
i-th column group in the
information sub-matrix 31 as shown in above Table 3 is defined, it may be
cyclic-shifted by Qmpc, and thus, the
position of the row in which 1 is positioned in other columns of each column
group may be defined.
For example, as shown in above Table 3, since the sequence corresponding to
the 0-th column of the 0-
th column group of the information sub-matrix 31 is "27 430 519 828 1897 1943
2513 2600 2640 3310 3415
4266 5044 5100 5328 5483 5928 6204 6392 6416 6602 7019 7415 7623 8112 8485
8724 8994 9445 9667", in
the 0-th column of the 0-th column group in the information sub-matrix 31, 1
is positioned in a 27-throw, a 430-
throw, a 519-th-row,....
In this case, since Qmpc =
)/M ( ¨1dpc, ¨ (16200-6480)/360 = 27, the indexes of the row in which 1 is
positioned in the first column of the 0-th column group may be 54(=27+27),
457(=430+27), 546(=519+27),
84=54+27), 484(=457+27), 573(=546+27),....
By the above scheme, the indexes of the row in which 1 is positioned in all
the rows of each column
group may be defined.
Hereinafter, the method for performing LDPC encoding based on the parity check
matrix 30 as
illustrated in FIG. 3 will be described.
First, information bits to be encoded are set to be io,
immpc_i, and code bits output from the
LDPC encoding are set to be co, ci, czkEv¨ 1-
Further, since the LDPC code is systematic, fork (0 < k<K1dpc-1), ck is set to
be ik. The remaining code
Pk:=Ck k
bits are set to be
Hereinafter, a method for calculating parity bits pk will be described.
Hereinafter, q(i,j,0) represents a j-th entry of an i-throw in an index list
as above Table 3, and q(ij,l) is
set to be q(i,j,l) = q(i, j, 0)+Qmpcx1 (mod Nim.-Kmpc) for 0 < i < 360. All
the accumulations may be realized by
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additions in a Galois field (GF) (2). Further, in above Table 3, since the
length of the LDPC codeword is 16200
and the code rate is 6/15, the Qmpc is 27.
When the q(ij,0) and the q(i,j,l) are defined as above, a process of
calculating the parity bit is as follows.
Step 1) The parity bits are initialized to '0'. That is, plc = 0 for 0 <k < N.-
1(1doc.
: [060]
Step 2) For all k values of 0 < k < Kmpc, i and 1 are set to be and 1: = k
(mod 360).
Lx]
Here, is a maximum integer which is not greater than x.
Next, for all i, ik is accumulated in pcio,,,o. That is, pqo,o,o =
pgo,o,1)+ik,pqo,1,1 ¨ Pq(i,1,1) 1k,Pq(i,2,1)
Pcgi,w(i)-1,1) = Pcgi,w(i)-1,1) 1k are calculated.
Here, w(i) represents the number of the values (elements) of an i-th row in
the index list as above Table
3 and represents the number of is in a column corresponding to ik in the
parity check matrix. Further, in above
Table 3, q(i, j, 0) which is a j-th entry of an i-th row is an index of a
parity bit and represents the position of the
row in which 1 is positioned in a column corresponding to ik in the parity
check matrix.
In detail, in above Table 3, q(ij,0) which is the j-th entry of the i-th row
represents the position of the
row in which 1 is positioned in the first (that is, 0-th) column of the i-th
column group in the parity check matrix
of the LDPC code.
The q(i, j, 0) may also be considered as the index of the parity bit to be
generated by LDPC encoding
according to a method for allowing a real apparatus to implement a scheme for
accumulating ik in pg(i,,, D for all i,
and may also be considered as an index in another form when another encoding
method is implemented.
However, this is only one example, and therefore, it is apparent to obtain an
equivalent result to an LDPC
encoding result which may be obtained from the parity check matrix of the LDPC
code which may basically be
generated based on the q(i,j,0) values of above Table 3 whatever the encoding
scheme is applied.
Step 3) A parity bit pk is calculated by calculating plc = pk+pk-1 for all k
satisfying 0 < k <Nomer-Kidoc.
Accordingly, all code bits co, ci, cNia,1 may be obtained.
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As a result, parity bits may be calculated by the above scheme. However, this
is only one example, and
therefore, the scheme for calculating the parity bits based on the parity
check matrix as illustrated in FIG. 3 may
be variously defined.
As such, the LDPC encoder 110 may perform LDPC encoding based on above Table 3
to generate an
LDPC codeword.
In detail, the LDPC encoder 110 may perform the LDPC encoding on 6480 input
bits, that is, the LDPC
information bits at the code rate of 6/15 based on above Table 3 to generate
9720 LDPC parity bits and output
LDPC parity bits and an LDPC codeword including the LDPC parity bits. In this
case, the LDPC codeword may
be formed of 16200 bits.
As described above, the LDPC encoder 110 may encode input bits at various code
rates to generate an
LDPC codeword formed of the input bits and the LDPC parity bits.
The repeater 120 repeats at least some bits of the LDPC codeword in the LDPC
codeword so that these
bits of the LDPC codeword are repeated in a current frame to be transmitted.
Here, the bits repeated in the
LDPC codeword are referred to as repetition bits or repeated bits. Further,
the repeater 120 may output to the
puncture 130 the repeated LDPC codeword, that is, an LDPC codeword with
repetition which refers to the LDPC
codeword bits including the repetition bits. Further, the repeater 120 may
output the LDPC codeword with
repetition to the additional parity generator 140 and provide the repetition
information (for example, the number,
position, etc., of the repetition bits) to the additional parity generator
140.
In detail, the repeater 120 may repeat a predetermined number of LDPC codeword
bits (for example,
Nrepeat LDPC parity bits) at a predetermined position within the LDPC
codeword. In this case, the number of
repetition bits may have various values depending on a system including the
transmitter 100 and/or the receiver
200.
For example, the repeater 120 may add the predetermined number of LDPC parity
bits after the LDPC
information bits within the LDPC codeword including the LDPC information bits
and the LDPC parity bits.
That is, the repeater 120 may add at least some of the parity bits after the
input bits, that is, the LDPC
information bits.
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Further, the repeater 120 may add the predetermined number of LDPC parity bits
after the LDPC parity
bits, add it to a predetermined position between the LDPC information bits, or
add it to a predetermined position
between the LDPC parity bits.
Therefore, since the predetermined number of LDPC parity bits within the LDPC
codeword with
repetition may be repeated and additionally transmitted to the receiver 200,
the foregoing operation may be
referred to as repetition.
Hereinafter, an example in which bits are repeated according to various
exemplary embodiments will be
described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
When a number Nrepeat of bits to be repeated is equal to or less than the
number of LDPC parity bits in
the LDPC codeword, the repeater 120 may add Nrepeat bits of the LDPC parity
bits, from a first LDPC parity bit,
after the LDPC information bits.
For example, when Nrepeat is equal to or less than NIdpc_parity, that is, when
Nrepeat NIdpc_parity, as
illustrated in FIG. 4, the repeater 120 may add first Nrepeat bits (po, pi,
... p i) of LDPC parity bits(po,
_Kidierc after LDPC information bits (io, imo dim _1).
Therefore, the first bit to the Nrepeat-th bit among the LDPC parity bits are
added after the LDPC
information bits, and the Nrepeat bits are positioned between the LDPC
information bits and the LDPC parity bits
like (io, ii..., po" p1 p- po p1
==" rET EC! t A e idpr¨
Wen the number Nrepeat of bits to be repeated is greater than the number of
LDPC parity bits, the
repeater 120 may add all the LDPC parity bits as a part of repetition bits
after the LDPC information bits, add
bits as many as the number obtained by subtracting the number of LDPC parity
bits from the number of
repetition bits from the first LDPC parity bit after the earlier added LDPC
parity bits.
In this case, the repeater 120 may additionally add bits as many as the number
obtained by subtracting
the number of LDPC parity bits from the number of repetition bits from the
first bit of the existing LDPC parity
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bits, that is, the LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding, not from
the repeated LDPC parity bits, after
the first added LDPC parity bits.
For example, when Nrepeat is greater than Nldpc_parity, that is, when
Nrepeat>Nmpc_parity, as illustrated in FIG.
5, the repeater 120 adds NIdpc_parity LDPC parity bits (po, pi, ..., pA
d
¨Ifiztpc -1), as a part of the repetition bits,
after the LDPC information bits (io,
itridp,r _1). Further, the repeater 120 may additionally add Nrepeat-
Nldpc_panty bits (po, pi, ===,
jp., r of the LDPC parity bits after the earlier added NIdpc_parity
LDPC parity bits.
Therefore, NIdpc_parity LDPC parity bits may be added after the LDPC
information bits and Nrepeat-
Nldpc_parity bits from the first bit of the LDPC parity bits may be
additionally added after the earlier added
NIdpc_parity LDPC parity bits.
Therefore, Nrepeat bits are positioned between the LDPC information bits and
the LDPC parity bits, like
ii, 1.,rfi , po, pi, ..., dp r¨i(-1. , po, pi,
..., c cip cocct 3, ¨1 , Po, Pi , = = = ,
13.Ni idpc-rict;pic-1).
The foregoing example describes that the repetition bits are added after the
LDPC information bits,
which is only an example. According to another exemplary embodiment, the
repeater 120 may add the repetition
bits after the LDPC parity bits.
For example, when Nrepeat is equal to or less than NIdpc_paiity, that is, when
Nrepeat < Nmpc_parity, as illustrated
in FIG. 6, the repeater 120 may add Nrepeat bits (po, pi, ..., RyrEpEa t_i) of
the LDPC parity bits after LDPC
parity bits (po, pi.....
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Therefore, the first bit to Nrepeat-th bit among the LDPC parity bits are
added after the LDPC parity bits,
and the Nrepeat bits are positioned after the LDPC parity bits like (io, 1,
po, pl,
Po, pi,
Further, when Nrepeat is greater than Nidoc_parq, that is, when Nrepeat
>N1dpe_parity, as illustrated in FIG. 7,
the repeater 120 may add the NIdpe_panty LDPC parity bits (po, pi, p
v.. ¨E. - ¨ 1) after the LDPC parity bits
A ictpc Law
generated from the LDPC encoding. Further, the repeater 120 may additionally
add the first Nrepeat-Niapc_parity bits
(po, pi..... . t_ N:40f, arit _1) of the LDPC parity bits after the added
Niapc_parity LDPC parity bits.
Therefore, Nidoc_parity LDPC parity bits may be added after the LDPC party
bits as a part of repetition
bits, and Nrepeat-Nldpe_partty bits of the LDPC parity bits may be
additionally added as the other part of the
repetition bits after the earlier added Nmpe_partty LDPC parity bits.
Therefore, in the form of (io, ...õ po, P1. ....P- po,
pl, ¨1, Po, Pi,
L
pAr. pea _ No arp c_p a r it _ .1), the Nrepeat bits imuirc_ ore positioned
after the LDPC parity bits.
The foregoing example describes that LDPC parity bits of a front portion are
repeated, which is only an
example. According to another exemplary embodiment, the repeater 120 may
repeat the LDPC parity bits
present at various positions such as a back portion and a middle portion of
the LDPC parity bits.
The foregoing example describes that only LDPC parity bits in an LDPC codeword
are repeated, which
is only an example. According to another exemplary embodiment, LDPC
information bits or some of the LDPC
information bits and some of the LDPC parity bits may also be repeated.
The foregoing example describes that the repetition is performed, which is
only an example. In some
cases, the repetition may also be omitted. In this case, some of LDPC parity
bits included in an LDPC codeword
may be punctured by the puncturer 130 to be described below. It may be
previously determined whether to
perform the repetition depending on a system.
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The puncturer 130 may puncture some bits from LDPC parity bits in an LDPC
codeword. Further, the
puncturer 130 outputs the punctured LDPC codeword which refers to the rest of
the LDPC codeword bits other
than the punctured bits, that is, the LDPC codeword with puncturing. Further,
the puncturer 130 may provide
information (for example, the number and positions of punctured bits, etc.)
about the punctured LDPC parity bits
to the additional parity generator 140.
Here, the puncturing means that some of the LDPC parity bits are not
transmitted to the receiver 200.
In this case, the puncturer 130 may remove the punctured LDPC parity bits or
output only the remaining bits
other than the punctured LDPC parity bits in the LDPC codeword.
In detail, the puncturer 130 may puncture a predetermined number of bits (for
example, Npmic bits) of
the LDPC parity bits. Here, the number Np. of punctured bits is 0 or a
positive integer, and may have various
values depending on a system. Np. = 0 means that puncturing is not performed.
In this case, the puncturer 130 may puncture the predetermined number of bits
at a back portion of the
LDPC parity bits. For example, the puncturer 130 may sequentially puncture
Npu. LDPC parity bits from the
last LDPC parity bit.
However, this is only one example and positions at which bits are punctured in
the LDPC parity bits
may be variously changed. For example, the puncturer 130 may puncture the Np.
LDPC parity bits at a front
portion or a middle portion of the LDPC parity bits or puncture Npu. LDPC
parity bits present at predetermined
positions in the LDPC parity bits.
Further, when repetition is performed, the puncturer 130 may puncture not the
repetition bits but a
predetermined number of bits of the LDPC parity bits generated by LDPC
encoding.
For example, it is assumed that repetition is performed to add Nrepeat LDPC
parity bits after LDPC
information bits.
In this case, an LDPC codeword with repetition includes repetition bits and
LDPC parity bits generated
by LDPC encoding. In this case, the repetition bits are positioned between the
LDPC information bits and the
LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding, and thus, the puncturer 130
may puncture Np. bits from a
last LDPC parity bit among the LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC
encoding.
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Hereinafter, puncturing methods according to various exemplary embodiments
will be described with
reference to the accompanying FIGs. 8 to 11. FIGs. 8 to 11 illustrate examples
for describing the puncturing
method when the repetition is performed as illustrated in FIGs. 4 to 7.
First, as illustrated in FIG. 4, it is assumed that Nrepeat LDPC parity bits
are added by repetition after
LDPC information bits by repetition and before LDPC parity bits generated by
LDPC encoding.
In this case, as illustrated in FIG. 8, the puncturer 130 may puncture Npooc
bits from a last LDPC parity
bit of the NIdpc_panty LDPC parity bits.
Therefore, the number of LDPC parity bits in a repeated and punctured LDPC
codeword is
NIdpc_panty+NrepearNpunc and may be represented by (po, pi, ..., pmrEpEa t _1,
po, pi.....
As another example, as illustrated in FIG. 5, it is assumed that Nrepeat LDPC
parity bits are added by
repetition after LDPC information bits and before LDPC parity bits generated
by LDPC encoding.
In this case, as illustrated in FIG. 9, the puncturer 130 may puncture Npooc
bits from a last LDPC parity
bit of the NIdpc_panty LDPC parity bits.
Therefore, the number of LDPC parity bits in a repeated and punctured LDPC
codeword is
NIdpc_panty+NrepearNpunc and may be represented by (po, pi, P dr, ,
P0, ...,
P Itirg plea t cipc _p a rit y ¨1' 1:)0, pi' = = dp r
¨Kidpc¨Nume ¨1)*
As another example, as illustrated in FIG. 6, it is assumed that Nrepeat LDPC
parity bits are added by
repetition after LDPC parity bits generated by LDPC encoding.
In this case, as illustrated in FIG. 10, the puncturer 130 may puncture Npooc
bits from a last LDPC parity
bit of Niapc_parity LDPC parity bits.
Therefore, the number of LDPC parity bits in a repeated and punctured LDPC
codeword is
NIdpc_parrty+Nrepeat-Npunc and may be represented by (po, pl, dp
r ¨Kid pr =Pip air P0, p1.............¨ p ,
P1, ¨O.
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As another example, as illustrated in FIG. 7, it is assumed that the Nrepeat
LDPC parity bits are added by
repetition after the LDPC parity bits generated by LDPC encoding.
In this case, as illustrated in FIG. 11, the puncturer 130 may puncture Npunc
bits from a last LDPC parity
bit of Nmpc_parity LDPC parity bits.
Therefore, the number of LDPC parity bits in a repeated and punctured LDPC
codeword is
NIdpc_parity+Nrepeat-Npunc and may be represented by (po, pl, ...,
Lupe
c- l'1)0, P1' == PNrE ea t c_p a rfty ¨1)*
The additional parity generator 140 may select at least some of the parity
bits to generate additional
parity bits to be transmitted in a previous frame.
In this case, the additional parity bits may be selected from the LDPC parity
bits generated based on the
information bits transmitted in a current frame to be transmitted to the
receiver 200 through a frame before the
current frame, that is, the previous frame.
In detail, the input bits including the information bits are LDPC encoded, and
the LDPC parity bits
generated by the LDPC encoding are added to the input bits to configure the
LDPC codeword.
Further, the repetition, the puncturing and the shortening are performed on
the LDPC codeword and the
repeated, punctured, and shortened LDPC codeword, that is, the LDPC codeword
bits including the repetition
bits, other than the punctured bits and the shortened bits, may be mapped to a
frame to be transmitted to the
receiver 200. However, when the repetition is not performed, the punctured and
shortened LDPC codeword may
be mapped to the frame to be transmitted to the receiver 200.
In this case, the information bits corresponding to each frame may be
transmitted to the receiver 200
through each frame, along with the LDPC parity bits. For example, the
repeated, punctured and shortened LDPC
codeword including the information bits corresponding to an (i-1)-th frame may
be mapped to the (i-1)-th frame
to be transmitted to the receiver 200, and the repeated, punctured, and
shortened LDPC codeword including the
information bits corresponding to the i-th frame may be mapped to the i-th
frame to be transmitted to the receiver
200.
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The additional parity generator 140 may select at least some of the LDPC
parity bits generated based on
the information bits transmitted in the i-th frame to generate the additional
parity bits.
In detail, some of the LDPC parity bits generated by LDPC encoding on the
information bits are
punctured and then are not transmitted to the receiver 200. In this case, the
additional parity generator 140 may
select some or all of the punctured LDPC parity bits among the LDPC parity
bits generated by LDPC encoding
on the information bits transmitted in the i-th frame, thereby generating the
additional parity bits.
Further, the additional parity generator 140 may select at least some of the
LDPC parity bits transmitted
to the receiver 200 through the i-th frame to generate the additional parity
bits.
In detail, the LDPC parity bits included in the repeated, punctured, and
shortened LDPC codeword
mapped to the i-th frame may be formed of the LDPC parity bits generated by
the LDPC encoding and the
repeated LDPC parity bits.
In this case, the additional parity generator 140 may select at least some of
the LDPC parity bits
included in the repeated, punctured and shortened LDPC codeword to be mapped
to the i-th frame to generate
the additional parity bits. However, when the repetition is omitted, the
additional parity generator 140 may
select at least some of the LDPC parity bits included in the punctured and
shortened LDPC codeword to be
mapped to the i-th frame to generate the additional parity bits.
The additional parity bits may be transmitted to the receiver 200 through the
frame before the i-th frame,
that is, the (i-1)-th frame.
That is, the transmitter 100 may not only transmit the repeated, punctured and
shortened LDPC
codeword including the information bits corresponding to the (i-1)-th frame
but also transmit the generated
additional parity bits selected from the LDPC parity bits generated based on
the information bits transmitted in
the i-th frame to the receiver 200 through the (i-1)-th frame.
The foregoing example describes that the additional parity bits are
transmitted to the receiver 200
through the (i-1)-th frame, which is only example. Therefore, the additional
parity bits may be transmitted to the
receiver 200 through a frame transmitted temporally before the i-th frame.
Hereinafter, a method for generating additional parity bits by selecting bits
from the LDPC parity bits
will be described in detail.
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The additional parity generator 140 may select bits as many as the number of
additional parity bits to be
generated in the LDPC parity bits to generate the additional parity bits.
In detail, when the number of punctured LDPC parity bits is equal to or
greater than the number of
additional parity bits to be generated, the additional parity generator 140
may select bits as many as the number
of additional parity bits to be generated from the first LDPC parity bit among
the punctured LDPC parity bits to
generate the additional parity bits.
When the number of punctured LDPC parity bits is less than the number of
additional parity bits to be
generated, the additional parity generator 140 may first select all the
punctured LDPC parity bits and additionally
select bits as many as the number obtained by subtracting the number of
punctured LDPC parity bits from the
number of additional parity bits to be generated from the first bit among the
LDPC parity bits included in the
LDPC codeword to generate the additional parity bits.
In detail, when the repetition is not performed, the LDPC parity bits included
in the LDPC codeword
are the LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding.
In this case, the additional parity generator 140 may first select all the
punctured LDPC parity bits, and
additionally select bits as many as the number obtained by subtracting the
number of punctured LDPC parity bits
from the number of additional parity bits to be generated from the first LDPC
bit among the LDPC parity bits
generated by the LDPC encoding to generate the additional parity bits.
Here, the LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding are divided into non-
punctured LDPC
parity bits and punctured LDPC parity bits. Therefore, when the puncturing is
performed from the last bit
among the LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding, if bits are
selected from the first bit among the
LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding for the additional parity,
bits may be selected in an order of
the non-punctured LDPC parity bits and the punctured LDPC parity bits.
When the repetition is performed, the additional parity generator 140 may
select at least some bits from
the LDPC codeword with repetition to generate the additional parity bits.
As described above, the LDPC parity bits of the LDPC codeword with repetition
include the repetition
bits and the LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding. In this case,
the additional parity generator 140
may first select all the punctured LDPC parity bits and additionally select
bits as many as the number obtained
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by subtracting the number of punctured LDPC parity bits from the number of
additional parity bits to be
generated from the first bit among the repetition bits and the LDPC parity
bits generated by the LDPC encoding
to generate the additional parity bits.
Therefore, when the bits as many as the number obtained by subtracting the
number of punctured LDPC
parity bits from the number of additional parity bits to be generated are
additionally selected, the repetition bits
are first selected and when the number obtained by subtracting the number of
punctured LDPC parity bits from
the number of additional parity bits to be generated exceeds the number of
repetition bits, bits may be further
selected from the LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding. In this
case, when the bits are further
selected from the LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding, the first
bit among the LDPC parity bits
generated by the LDPC encoding may start to be selected.
As described above, the repetition bits may be positioned at various positions
within the LDPC
codeword with repetition.
Hereinafter, the method for generating additional parity when the repetition
is performed will be
described in more detail with reference to, for example, the case in which the
repeated LDPC parity bits are
positioned between the LDPC information bits and the LDPC parity bits
generated by the LDPC encoding.
In this case, it is assumed that the repeater 120 selects at least some of the
LDPC parity bits and adds
the selected parity bits after the LDPC information bits and the puncturer 130
performs the puncturing from the
last bit among the LDPC parity bits including the repeated LDPC parity bits
and the LDPC parity bits generated
by the encoding.
In this case, the additional parity generator 140 may select at least some
bits from the repetition bits
added after the input bits, that is, the LDPC information bits based on the
number of additional parity bits to be
generated and the number of punctured LDPC parity bits to generate the
additional parity bits.
In detail, when the number of additional parity bits to be generated is
greater than the number of
punctured LDPC parity bits, the additional parity generator 140 selects all
the punctured LDPC parity bits and
selects bits corresponding to the number obtained by subtracting the number of
punctured LDPC parity bits from
the number of additional parity bits to be generated from the first bit among
the repetition bits to generate the
additional parity bits.
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Here, for the additional parity bits, if bits are selected from the first bit
among the LDPC parity bits,
they may be selected in an order of the repetition bits and the LDPC parity
bits generated by the LDPC encoding.
Further, within the LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding, the
additional bits may be selected in an
order of the non-punctured LDPC parity bits and the punctured LDPC parity
bits.
As such, when the additional parity bits are generated as many as the
predetermined number, the
punctured bits are most preferentially, but not necessarily, selected.
Further, when bits as many as the number
exceeding the punctured bits are selected, the repeated LDPC parity bits among
the LDPC parity bits are
preferentially selected depending on whether to perform the repetition.
As such, a coding gain may be obtained in that the punctured bits not
transmitted in the current frame
are selected and transmitted as the additional parity bits. Further, after the
punctured bits are selected, the
repeated LDPC parity bits which are relatively more important bits among the
LDPC parity bits are selected to
constitute the additional parity bits. Further, the LDPC parity bits are
arranged depending on the puncturing
order, and thus, may be considered to be arranged depending on a priority of
the parity bits. The detailed
contents associated with the puncturing order will be described below.
When the puncturing is not performed, that is, when the number of punctured
bits is 0, the additional
parity generator 140 may select at least some bits from the LDPC codeword or
the repeated LDPC codeword to
generate the additional parity bits.
First, when the repetition is not performed, the additional parity generator
140 may select bits as many
as the number of additional parity bits to be generated from the first bit
among the LDPC parity bits to generate
the additional parity bits. That is, when the number of punctured bits is 0
and the number of repetition bits is 0,
the additional parity generator 140 may select bits as many as the number of
additional parity bits to be
generated from the first bit among the LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC
encoding to generate the
additional parity bits.
When the repetition is performed, the additional parity generator 140 may
select bits as many as the
number of additional parity bits to be generated from the first bit among the
repeated LDPC parity bits to
generate the additional parity bits.
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That is, when the number of punctured bits is 0 and the number of repetition
bits is 1 or more, the
additional parity generator 140 may select bits as many as the number of
additional parity bits to be generated
from the first bit of the repeated bits among the repetition bits and the LDPC
parity bits generated by the LDPC
encoding to generate the additional parity bits.
Therefore, when the repetition bits are first selected and the number obtained
by subtracting the number
of repetition bits from the number of additional parity bits to be generated
exceeds the number of repetition bits,
bits may be additionally selected from the LDPC parity bits generated by the
LDPC encoding. In this case, when
the bits are additionally selected from the LDPC parity bits generated by the
LDPC encoding, the first bit among
the LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding may start to be selected.
The punctured bits mean that bits are punctured based on a punctured LDPC
codeword to be
transmitted in a frame in which information bits are transmitted.
In the foregoing example in which the number of additional parity bits to be
generated (hereafter
referred to as NAp) is greater than the number of punctured LDPC parity bits,
after all the punctured LDPC parity
bits are selected as initial additional bits, the remaining additional bits,
that is, bits corresponding to the number
obtained by subtracting the number of punctured LDPC parity bits from the
number of additional parity bits to
be generated (NAP-N1) are selected from the first bit of the repetition bits,
which is only one example. That is,
the additional parity generator 140 may also additionally select the NAp-Npmic
bits from the first information bit
or the first outer encoded bit.
Further, when the LDPC parity bits are not punctured, the additional parity
generator 140 may also
select the NAp bits from the first bit among the repetition bits to generate
the additional parity bits.
Hereinafter, a method for calculating the number of additional parity bits to
be generated will be
described.
First, the additional parity generator 140 calculates a temporary number NAP
temp of additional parity bits
to be generated based on following Equation 8.
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0$ X K X (IN outer + N id, .t.- N N repeat)
NA04 ,--- = rn[n pc_panõ pune
' K=0 1 2
Pir_w[PIP P 1 1
(N kipc_parity N pun + N Ro eat)
... (8)
{ ajf a :.5.. b
min (a,b) =
f b <a
In above Equation 8, .
Further, NIdpc_parity is the number of LDPC parity bits, and Npmic is the
number of punctured LDPC parity
bits. Further, Nouter represents the number of outer-encoded bits. Here, when
the outer encoding is performed by
BCH encoding, 1\i-outer represents the number of BCH-encoded bits. Further,
the Nrepeat represents the number of
repetition bits and when the repetition is not performed, Nrepeat=0.
Therefore, Nmpc_parity-Npu.+Nrepeat is a total number (that is, a total number
of LDPC parity bits included
in the repeated, punctured, and shortened LDPC codeword) of LDPC parity bits
to be transmitted in the current
frame in which the information bits are transmitted, and Nouter+Nmpc_parity-
Np.+Nrepeat is a total number of LDPC
codeword bits (that is, a total number of repeated, punctured, and shortened
LDPC codeword bits) to be
transmitted in the current frame.
Further, K represents a ratio of the number of additional parity bits to a
half of a total number of bits
configuring repeated, punctured, and shortened LDPC codeword. Here, when K=2,
the number of additional
parity bits is equal to the total number of LDPC codeword bits transmitted in
the current frame.
As such, the number of additional parity bits to be generated may be
determined based on the total
number of bits to be transmitted in the current frame.
Referring to FIG. 12, according to an exemplary embodiment, when a length of
the additional parity
bits is calculated, all of the punctured bits, the repetition bits, and the
LDPC parity bits are selected in
consideration of performance and complexity, and then, are no longer selected
for the additional parity bits.
That is, as illustrated in FIG. 12, the length of the additional parity bits
is equal to or less than
NAp max(¨Nldpc_parity+Npimc+Nrepeat), that is, the length of the additional
parity bits is not greater than
NAp max(¨Nldpc_parity+Npimc+Nrepeat)=
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For example, when the number of punctured LDPC parity bits is 3200 and K=2, it
is assumed that the
number of additional parity bits to be generated is 13000
(=Nouter+N1dpc_parity-Npullc=6480+9720-3200).
In this case, since the number of punctured LDPC parity bits is 3200, when all
the LDPC parity bits
punctured for the additional parity bits are selected and all the LDPC parity
bits are selected, the number of
selected bits is 12920 (=3200+9720). Therefore, when there is no separate
limitation, 80 bits may be further
selected. However, like following Equation 12, when a maximum length of the
additional parity bits is limited
to NIdpc_parity+Npime+Nrepeat, the number of additional parity bits is limited
to 12920 and 80 bits need not to be
additionally selected.
However, as such, limiting the maximum length of the additional parity bits is
only an example, and
when the length of the additional parity bits is not limited, a temporary NAp
temp of the additional parity bits to be
generated may be calculated based on following Equation 9.
le,aa
NAP temp = 0.5 x K x (N cuter+ N 11,111,,c parity - punNpe
p ) K ¨In 1 2
(9)
When the length of the additional parity bits is not limited, the additional
parity generator 140 may
calculate the temporary NAp temp of the additional parity bits based on above
Equation 9.
The additional parity generator 140 may calculate the number NAp of additional
parity bits to be
generated based on the temporary number NAp temp of the additional parity bits
to be generated calculated based
on above Equation 8 or 9.
In detail, the additional parity generator 140 may calculate the number NAp of
additional parity bits
based on following Equation 10.
As such, the number NAp of additional parity bits to be generated may be
calculated based on the
temporary number NAp temp of the additional parity bits to be generated which
is calculated based on above
Equation 8 or 9, and, in detail, may be calculated based on following Equation
10.
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NAP _temp
N Ap = X nt MOD
. 11 MOD
... (10)
In above Equation 10, limoD is a modulation order. For example, in quadrature
phase shift keying
(QPSK), 16-quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM), 64-QAM and 256-QAM, IIMOD
may be 2, 4, 6 and 8,
respectively.
Therefore, the number of additional parity bits may be an integer multiple of
the modulation order.
That is, since the additional parity bits are separately modulated from the
information bits to be mapped to
constellation symbols, the number of additional parity bits may be determined
to be an integer multiple of the
modulation order like above Equation 10.
In this case, above Equation 8 may be represented like following Equation 11,
and above Equation 9
may be represented like following Equation 12.
d citXKX a
'N.¨outer + N Wive parity - N pun + N repeat) 1
N AP ¨ rn[n (N 1 dp 0 _ parity N pin. + NI repeal)
X ri MOD
.... 11. IMOD
... (11)
NAF, = [ a x Kx (Nc,õ,, Id"
+ N bil
- pally - NPune "rePeat) v
rt MOD A
riMOD
... (12)
In above Equations 11 and 12, a may be equal to 0.5.
As such, the number of additional parity bits to be generated may be
determined based on the number of
outer encoded bits transmitted in the current frame and the number of
remaining parity bits after the puncturing.
Here, when repetition is performed, the number of additional parity bits to be
generated may be
determined based on the number of outer encoded bits transmitted in the
current frame, the number of remaining
parity bits after the puncturing, and the number of bits repeated in the
current frame.
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Hereinafter, a code rate changed according to the use of the additional parity
bits will be described.
If a code rate R when the additional parity bits are not transmitted is equal
to kin, a code rate Rap when
the additional parity bits are transmitted is equal to k/(n+NAp) and the NAp
has 1/2xn or an n value depending on
a K value. Therefore, the code rate Rap in the case in which the additional
parity bits are transmitted is equal to
k/(3/2xn)=2/3R or is equal to k/(2xn)=1/2R, and therefore, compared with the
case in which the additional parity
bits are not transmitted, the code rate is reduced to 2/3 or 1/2, thereby
obtaining a coding gain. Further, bits
other than the additional parity bits and the additional parity bits are
transmitted in other frames, and, as a result,
a diversity gain may be obtained. This may allow maintaining characteristics
of changing the code rate
depending on the input length in response to the change in the code rate as
described above regardless of the
input length, that is, the length of the input information bits.
Hereinafter, a method for generating additional parity bits by selecting bits
from the LDPC parity bits
will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
The additional parity generator 140 may select bits as many as calculated
number in the LDPC parity
bits to generate the additional parity bits.
In detail, when the number of additional parity bits to be generated is equal
to or less than the number of
punctured LDPC parity bits, the additional parity generator 140 may select
bits as many as the calculated number
from the first bit among the punctured LDPC parity bits to generate the
additional parity bits.
For example, the LDPC parity bits are added after the LDPC information bits by
repetition and thus an
LDPC codeword with repetition is configured in an order of the LDPC
information bits, the repeated LDPC
parity bits, and the LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding.
In this case, the repeated LDPC codeword V = (vo, vi, )
may be represented as
i weer lAtelme at ¨
illustrated in FIG. 13.
In detail, when the NAp is equal to or less than the Npalla, that is, NAp <
Npalla, the additional parity
generator 140 may select NAp bits from the first bit among the punctured LDPC
parity bits as illustrated in FIGs.
14 and 15 to generate the additional parity bits.
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Therefore, for the additional parity bits, (v
Ice Feu t ¨N, WIC
VNrEF, eat flitimtecr ¨
1 c1 = = "
v.- ) may be selected.
ea f: +Ni1EITer ¨Npred a c NAP
When the number of additional parity bits to be generated is greater than the
number of punctured
LDPC parity bits, the additional parity generator 140 selects all the
punctured LDPC parity bits and selects bits
corresponding to the number obtained by subtracting the number of punctured
LDPC parity bits from the number
of additional parity bits to be generated from the first bit among the
repetition bits to generate the additional
parity bits.
For example, when the NAp is greater than the Np., that is, NAP >Np., the
additional parity generator
140 may first select all the punctured LDPC parity bits as illustrated in
FIGs. 16 and 17. Therefore, at first,
+Br. _L) may be
selected.
vc;eat cm4r eanc A vrep eat atm er
Further, the additional parity generator 140 may additionally select NAP-Npunc
bits from the first bit
among the LDPC parity bits including the repeated LDPC parity bits and the
LDPC parity bits generated by the
LDPC encoding.
In this case, the LDPC parity bits are added after the LDPC information bits
by the repetition, and thus,
the repeated LDPC parity bits and the LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC
encoding are sequentially
arranged to configure the LDPC parity bits in the LDPC codeword.
Therefore, the additional parity generator 140 may additionally select bits
(that is, NAp-Np1 bits) as
many as the number obtained by subtracting the number of punctured LDPC parity
bits from the number of
additional parity bits to be generated from the first bit among the repeated
LDPC parity bits. In this case, since
the additional parity bits are selected from the first bit among the repeated
LDPC parity bits, when the NAp-Np1
is greater than the number Nrepeat of repeated LDPC parity bits, at least some
of the LDPC parity bits generated
by the LDPC encoding may also be selected as the additional parity bits.
Therefore, (v , 17micipc ...,
VKicipc JENAir, _Num, _1) may be additionally selected.
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As a result, for the additional parity bits, vN
re pe 1z ,
a t +1111 tote
repo atilarin In ter ¨Npunc +1' = = "
) and (vifutpc , Vkidcpc, 1, ..., liKzd.pc ipidv _ nu _1) may be selected.
A,,,repeat +Niatter
The additional parity generator 140 may also generate the additional parity
bits using various different
methods other than the foregoing methods.
For example, when the number of additional parity bits to be generated is
equal to or less than the
number of punctured LDPC parity bits, the additional parity generator 140 may
select bits as many as the
number of additional parity bits to be generated from the punctured LDPC
parity bits to generate the additional
parity bits.
That is, when NAP < Npunc, as illustrated in FIG. 18, the additional parity
generator 140 may select NAP
bits from the first bit among the punctured LDPC parity bits to generate the
additional parity bits. Therefore, for
the additional parity bits, ( v _N , V -
repea t Er "'rep ea IT 47"inzer cr-1- 1 ==='
) may be selected.
IT:cep, eat Ilirisrmer ne+N AP +1
Further, when the number of additional parity bits to be generated is greater
than the number of
punctured LDPC parity bits but is equal to or less than a sum of the number of
LDPC parity bits generated by the
LDPC encoding and the number of punctured LDPC parity bits, the additional
parity generator 140 may select
all the punctured LDPC parity bits and select bits as many as the number
obtained by subtracting the number of
punctured LDPC parity bits from the number of additional parity bits to be
generated from the first bit among the
LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding to generate the additional
parity bits.
That is, when Npuix <NAp < NIdpc_parity+Npunc, as illustrated in FIG. 19, the
additional parity generator
140 may first select all the punctured LDPC parity bits. Therefore, at first,
(
re ;Tea t er
¨"Vp, erne '
.. )maybe selected.
eat H-Nisrm ¨Npiu + 1' = Nrep earl-Mb:titer ¨1
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Further, the additional parity generator 140 may additionally select NAP-Np.
bits from the first bit
among the Nmpc_parity LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding.
Therefore, ( ,
vhf 1) may be additionally selected.
A'repeat IKEttpc l'==" e 1112:+N -
As a result, for the additional parity bits, (v
mrsp ER t +NM/ '
L1
VNIP^P FOC ¨Nina Er ¨Ifq WIC + 1' = = "
and (VB +K , +K + 1, ..., 17,v +K
_iv .+Ne _1) may be
repeat anew repeat Zapf, ¨ye eat Wire ep ea. t
Edge c
selected.
Further, when the number of additional parity bits to be generated is greater
than the sum of the number
of LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding and the number of punctured
LDPC parity bits, the
additional parity generator 140 may select all the punctured LDPC parity bits
and all the LDPC parity bits
generated by the LDPC encoding and select bits as many as the number obtained
by subtracting the number of
LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding and the number of punctured
LDPC parity bits from the
number of additional parity bits to be generated from the first bit among the
repeated LDPC parity bits to
generate the additional parity bits.
That is, when NIdpc_parity Npimc <NAp, as illustrated in FIG. 20, the
additional parity generator 140 may
first select all the punctured LDPC parity bits. Therefore, at first, ( v
Arit,;: ea t
¨14'-; Low
VAcrepeae + 1, ..., Vitra Ea c+frituts er _1) may be selected.
Further, the additional parity generator 140 additionally selects all the
Nmpc_parity LDPC parity bits
generated by the LDPC encoding. Therefore,
(1`k peat 4Ki ci;;
Vilreimat -111" l' = = " V:irrp ra r Niciarr -
may be additionally selected.
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Further, the additional parity generator 140 may additionally select NAp-
Nmpc_parity-Npmic bits from the
first bit among the repeated LDPC parity bits. Therefore, ( Vic
,
VEzrip,a+NAp_ rx_m. r _ 1) may be additionally selected.
As a result for the additional parity bits, (v
Nvep Ea +Now r vNre4 E a t +Nix% Er
?lc .."
,
¨repeat-Wismar )' Vicaireat. "FIE ZILEpe ViNreis eat +EEO 1
.." Vi(grepinze +A ) and (
vK
61207
e r _1) may be selected.
In the foregoing example, the case in which the repetition bits are added by
repetition after the LDPC
information bits is assumed.
Hereinafter, as another example, when the repetition bits are added by
repetition after the LDPC parity
bits generated by the LDPC encoding, a method for generating additional parity
bits will be described. In this
case, the LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding and the repeated
LDPC parity bits may be
sequentially arranged to configure the LDPC parity bits.
The LDPC codeword with repetition may be represented like V = (vo, vi,
740irsi:eat _1).
First, when the number of additional parity bits to be generated is equal to
or less than a sum of the
number of punctured LDPC parity bits and the number of repeated LDPC parity
bits, the additional parity
generator 140 may select bits as many as the number of additional parity bits
to be generated from the first bit
among the punctured LDPC parity bits to generate the additional parity bits.
In this case, since the LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding and
the repeated LDPC parity
bits are sequentially arranged, when bits are selected from the first bit
among the punctured LDPC parity bits, at
least some of the repeated LDPC parity bits may also be selected as the
additional parity bits depending on the
number of additional parity bits to be generated.
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That is, when NAP < Np.+Nrep, as illustrated in FIG. 21, the additional parity
generator 140 may select
NAP bits from the first bit among the punctured LDPC parity bits. Therefore,
for the additional parity bits,
vicius,_NruitemvAp _1) may be selected.
Further, when the number of additional parity bits to be generated is greater
than the sum of the number
of punctured LDPC parity bits and the number of repeated LDPC parity bits, the
additional parity generator 140
may select all the punctured LDPC parity bits and all the repeated LDPC parity
bits and select bits as many as
the number obtained by subtracting the number of punctured LDPC parity bits
and the number of repeated LDPC
parity bits from the number of additional parity bits to be generated from the
first bit among the LDPC parity bits
generated by the LDPC encoding to generate the additional parity bits.
That is, when NAP >Npunc+Nrep, as illustrated in FIG. 22, the additional
parity generator 140 may first
select all the punctured LDPC parity bits and all the repeated LDPC parity
bits. Therefore, at first,
(vNinnEr_ivitinc, Irk _Nrziec +1, ..., Viquiter _Nrepeat _1) may be
selected.
Further, the additional parity generator 140 may additionally select NAp-Npmic
bits from the first bit
among the NIdpc_parity LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding.
Therefore, (vii,,,apc , V j.....
1.) may be additionally selected.
viCieteg +PIA Mr.ralr ¨
As a result, for the additional parity bits, ( -
*MIME ' er ¨Ifirraitc +
1 = = =
Vpiusser _:õTr a t _1) and , VEzdiec *I., Vicitupc A d nu ¨1)
may be selected.
As another example, when the number of additional parity bits to be generated
is equal to or less than
the number of punctured LDPC parity bits, the additional parity generator 140
may select bits as many as the
number of additional parity bits to be generated from the punctured LDPC
parity bits to generate the additional
parity bits.
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That is, when NAp < Np., as illustrated in FIG. 23, the additional parity
generator 140 may select NAP
bits from the first bit among the punctured LDPC parity bits to generate the
additional parity bits. Therefore, for
the additional parity bits, (virtam,_:,,, , c +1, ..., _Nii'ptim
4NAE, _1) may be selected.
Further, when the number of additional parity bits to be generated is greater
than the number of
punctured LDPC parity bits, the additional parity generator 140 selects all
the punctured LDPC parity bits and
selects bits corresponding to the number obtained by subtracting the number of
punctured LDPC parity bits from
the number of additional parity bits to be generated from the first bit among
the LDPC parity bits generated by
the LDPC encoding to generate the additional parity bits.
That is, when NAp>Np., as illustrated in FIG. 24, the additional parity
generator 130 may first select
all the punctured LDPC parity bits. Therefore, at first, (
LT. nag r Ntim er p emir 1" ' = =
%ober NAF ¨1) may be selected.
Further, the additional parity generator 140 may additionally select NAp-Npmic
bits from the first bit
among the Nmpc_parity LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding.
Therefore,(vziw, Vicitt, +2......
1.71ficip z _ n _ 1.) may be additionally selected.
As a result, for the additional parity bits,( v. - r ,
'µµ inne pLLnr
VAL ) and (v4pcN , vff ..., Vic 41.1.4 _1) may
be selected.
er ¨NpEdinc +NAP Z idpc hipc AF. - ni
According to another exemplary embodiment, another method for generating
additional parity bits will
be described below.
For example, a case in which Np.>0 and Nrepeat=0 is assumed.
In detail, when the number of punctured LDPC parity bits is equal to or
greater than the number of
additional parity bits to be generated, the additional parity generator 140
may select at least some from the
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punctured LDPC parity bits to generate the additional parity bits, and
otherwise, select all the punctured LDPC
parity bits and sequentially select the rest of the additional parity bits
from the LDPC codeword to generate the
additional parity bits.
For example when Np. >0 and Nrepeat=0, the LDPC codeword may be represented as
illustrated in FIG.
25. Here, the number of LDPC information bits is N.A.., zero bits are not
padded, and thus, the LDPC
information bits are formed of only the outer encoded bits.
First, when NAp < Np., as illustrated in FIG. 26, the additional parity
generator 140 may select the NAp
bits from the punctured LDPC parity bits to generate the additional parity
bits.
Further, when NAp >Np., as illustrated in FIG. 27, the additional parity
generator 140 may select all
the punctured LDPC parity bits and additionally select NAp-NP. bits from the
first bit among the LDPC parity
bits to generate the additional parity bits.
The foregoing example describes that NAp-N1. bits are additionally selected
from a first bit of the
LDPC parity bits, which is only one example. That is, the additional parity
generator 140 may also additionally
select NAp-Npuic bits from the first bit among the LDPC information bits.
As another example, when NAp >Npui., as illustrated in FIG. 28, the additional
parity generator 140 may
select all the punctured LDPC parity bits and additionally select NAp-Np1 bits
from the LDPC parity bits based
on the preset pattern to generate the additional parity bits.
As another example, when Np1=0, as illustrated in FIG. 29, the additional
parity generator 140 may
select the NAp bits from the first LDPC parity bit to generate the additional
parity bits.
The foregoing example describes that bits are selected within the LDPC
codeword with repetition to
generate the additional parity bits.
However, according to the exemplary embodiment, additional parity bits may
also be selected from the
LDPC codeword to generate the additional parity bits before repetition is
performed. That is, the repetition may
be performed after puncturing and generation of the additional parity bits.
For this purpose, the LDPC encoder
110 may output the LDPC codeword to the puncturer 130 followed by the
additional parity generator 140.
For example, a case in which the Nrepeat>0 is assumed. Hereinafter, it is
assumed that the number of
LDPC information bits is Kmpc.
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The additional parity generator 140 may preferentially, but not necessarily,
select the punctured LDPC
parity bits to generate the additional parity bits and select some of the LDPC
parity bits as long as the number of
punctured LDPC parity bits is less than the number of additional parity bits
to be generated to generate the
additional parity bits.
In this case, the LDPC parity bits may be formed of only the LDPC parity bits
generated by the LDPC
encoding.
In detail, the additional parity generator 140 may start to select the first
LDPC parity bit to generate the
additional parity bits.
According to another exemplary embodiment, a case in which
Nrepeat<N1dpc_parity-Npimc is assumed.
When NAP < Npunc, the additional parity generator 140 may perform the
selection from the punctured
LDPC parity bits to generate the additional parity bits.
For example, as illustrated in FIG. 30, the additional parity generator 140
may select NAp bits from the
first bit among the punctured LDPC parity bits to generate the additional
parity bits. In this case, as illustrated in
FIG. 30, the repeater 120 may select the Nrepeat bits from the first bit among
the LDPC parity bits and add the
selected Nrepeat bits after the LDPC parity bits. Thus, after the puncturing,
the repetition bits are positioned after
the LDPC parity bits which are not punctured.
When NAP > Np., as illustrated in FIG. 31, the additional parity generator 140
may select all the
punctured LDPC parity bits and select NAP-N1 c bits from the first LDPC parity
bit to generate the additional
parity bits.
In this case, as illustrated in FIG. 30, the repeater 120 may select the
Nrepeat bits from the first bit among
the LDPC parity bits and add the selected Nrepeat bits after the LDPC parity
bits, and thus, after the puncturing,
the repetition bits are positioned after the LDPC parity bits which are not
punctured. Therefore, at least some of
the bits selected as the additional parity bits in the LDPC parity bits may be
selected as the repetition bits.
As another example, the case in which Nmpc_panty > Nrepeat? Nidpc_panty-Npunc
is assumed.
When NAP < Npunc, as illustrated in FIG. 32, the additional parity generator
140 may select NAP bits from
the first bit among the punctured LDPC parity bits to generate the additional
parity bits. In this case, as
illustrated in FIG. 32, the repeater 120 may select the Nrepeat bits from the
first bit among the LDPC parity bits
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and add the selected Nrepeat bits after the LDPC parity bits, and thus, after
the puncturing, the repetition bits are
positioned after the LDPC parity bits which are not punctured.
When NAp > Npunc, as illustrated in FIG. 33, the additional parity generator
140 may select all the
punctured LDPC parity bits and select NAP-Np. bits from the first LDPC parity
bit to generate the additional
parity bits.
In this case, as illustrated in FIG. 33, the repeater 120 may select the
Nrepeat bits from the first bit among
the LDPC parity bits and add the selected Nrepeat bits after the LDPC parity
bits, and thus, after the puncturing,
the repetition bits are positioned after the LDPC parity bits which are not
punctured. Therefore, at least some of
the bits selected as the additional parity bits in the LDPC parity bits may be
selected as the repetition bits.
As another example, a case in which Nrepeat>N1dpc_parity is assumed.
When NAp < Npmm, as illustrated in FIG. 34, the additional parity generator
140 may select NAP bits from
the first bit among the punctured LDPC parity bits to generate the additional
parity bits.
When NAP >Npulle as illustrated in FIG. 33, the additional parity generator
140 may select all the
punctured LDPC parity bits and select NAp-Np1 bits from the first LDPC parity
bit to generate the additional
parity bits.
In this case, as illustrated in FIGs. 33 and 34, the repeater 120 may select
the Nrepeat bits from the first
bit among the LDPC parity bits and add the selected Nrepeat bits after the
LDPC parity bits, and thus, after the
puncturing, the repetition bits are positioned after the LDPC parity bits
which are not punctured.
Further, when Nrepeat is greater than Nidpc_parity, as illustrated in FIGs. 34
and 35, all the LDPC parity bits
may be repeated and at least some of the LDPC parity bits may be additionally
repeated.
The additional parity generator 140 may also select the predetermined number
of bits from the rest of
the LDPC parity bits other than the repeated LDPC parity bits among the LDPC
parity bits.
For example, in the case of NAP < Npimc, as illustrated in FIG. 36, the
additional parity generator 140
may select NAP bits from the first bit among the punctured LDPC parity bits to
generate the additional parity bits.
Further, when NAP >Npunc, as illustrated in FIG. 37, the additional parity
generator 140 may select all
the punctured LDPC parity bits and select NAP-Npui. bits from the first bit
among the rest of the LDPC parity bits
other than the repeated LDPC parity bits among the LDPC parity bits to
generate the additional parity bits.
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In this case, as illustrated in FIG. 38, when all of the rest of the LDPC
parity bits other than the repeated
LDPC parity bits among the LDPC parity bits are selected, the additional
parity generator 130 may select the rest
of the additional bits from the repeated LDPC parity bits to generate the
additional parity bits.
The foregoing example describes that bits are selected from the LDPC parity
bits to generate the
additional parity bits, which is only one example. Therefore, when the number
of LDPC parity bits is less than
the number of additional parity bits to be generated, the additional parity
generator 140 may also select bits from
the outer encoded bits and the LDPC parity bits to generate the additional
parity bits.
In this case, when bits are selected from the outer encoded bits and the LDPC
parity bits, the additional
parity generator 140 may select bits other than the already selected bits. In
this case, when redundant selection is
made, bits having the smallest selection frequency may be first selected to
generate the additional parity bits.
Further, the foregoing example describes that the repetition is performed
along with generation of the
additional parity bits in consideration of the repetition bits, which is only
one example. That is, in some cases,
the repetition may also be omitted.
In this case, when the number of additional parity bits to be generated is
equal to or less than the
number of punctured LDPC parity bits, the additional parity generator 140 may
select bits as many as the
number of additional parity bits to be generated from the first bit among the
punctured LDPC parity bits to
generate the additional parity bits.
Further, when the number of additional parity bits to be generated is greater
than the number of
punctured LDPC parity bits, the additional parity generator 140 may select all
the punctured LDPC parity bits
and select bits as many as the number obtained by subtracting the number of
punctured LDPC parity bits from
the number of additional parity bits to be generated from the first bit among
the LDPC parity bits, that is, the
LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding to generate the additional
parity bits.
Further, the foregoing example describes that the LDPC parity bits are
selected in a bit unit to generate
the additional parity bits, which is only one example. Therefore, the
additional parity generator 140 may also
select the LDPC parity bits in a bit group unit to generate the additional
parity bits.
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For example, a case in which an LDPC codeword (vo, vi,
_1) is divided into N, bit
roup
groups, and thus, is represented like V = (Yo, Y1, ..., ow _1) is assumed.
In this case, the additional parity generator 140 may calculate a temporary
number NAP temp of
additional parity bits based on following Equation 13.
NAP temp= axKx(N1Lip,c_parity - N11)
pn
... (13)
In above Equation 13, Nicipo_pority is the number of LDPC parity bits and
Npuic is the number of punctured
LDPC parity bits. Further, c=0.5 and K=0, 1, 2.
Further, the additional parity generator 140 may calculate the number NAp of
additional parity bits
based on following Equation 14 or 15.
r NAP temp -1
N m
riMOD
... (14)
ul AP temp
= _____________________________
X rimoD
'IMOD
... (15)
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I X1
In these Equations 14 and 15,
represents a minimum integer which is equal to or greater than x
Lx]
and
represents a maximum integer which is not greater than x. Here, limo]) is a
modulation order. For
example, in QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM and 256-QAM, limo]) may be 2, 4, 6 and 8,
respectively.
Next, the additional parity generator 140 may select bits as many as the
calculated number in the LDPC
parity bits to generate the additional parity bits.
In detail, when the number of additional parity bits to be generated is equal
to or less than the number of
punctured LDPC parity bits, the additional parity generator 140 may select
bits as many as the calculated number
from the first bit among the punctured LDPC parity bits to generate the
additional parity bits.
That is, when NAP < Np., as illustrated in FIG. 39, the additional parity
generator 140 may select NAP
bits from the first bit among the punctured LDPC parity bits to generate the
additional parity bits. Therefore, for
the additional parity bits,(vr,,. _N , _N +1, Vni
_iipuriu+NAp_1) may be selected.
r onic LAX er vox
When the number of additional parity bits to be generated is greater than the
number of punctured
LDPC parity bits, that is, NAp > Np., the additional parity generator 140 may
first select all the punctured LDPC
parity bits. Therefore,vyi, ,
may be selected as the additional
parity bits.
Further, the additional parity generator 140 may select bits as many as the
number obtained by
subtracting the number of punctured LDPC parity bits from the number of
additional parity bits to be generated
in a bit group unit.
For this purpose, the additional parity generator 140 may calculate the number
of bit groups in which all
bits within a bit group are selected for the additional parity bits, based on
following Equation 16.
NAP- N purr
NAP groups
360
... (16)
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Further, the additional parity generator 140 may determine at least one bit
group used to generate the
additional parity bits among a plurality of bit groups based on an additional
parity pattern, and select all bits
within some of the determined bit group and some bits within the rest of the
plurality of bit groups to generate
the additional parity bits.
In this case, the additional parity pattern is a pattern defining an order of
bit groups selected as the
additional parity bits among the plurality of bit groups configuring the LDPC
parity bits, and, for example, may
be defined like ii AP(0)=X0, n AP( 1 )=X1, AP(Ngroup- 1) = X.N for IT
Apj)(0 j <Ng 1
roup, =
gr a UP
Here, xo,
xNgup represent an index of the plurality of bit groups configuring the LDPC
r
parity bits, Ngroup represents the number of the plural of bit groups
configuring the LDPC parity bits, and one bit
group may be formed of 360 bits.
In detail, the additional parity generator 140 may select all bits of a
(RAp(0)-th) bit group, a 7tAp(1)-th bit
group, ..., a RAp(NAp-groups-1)-th bit group among the plurality of bit groups
for the additional parity bits, based on
the additional parity pattern. That is, all bits of an xo-th bit group, an xi-
th bit group, ..., an xN _1-th bit
gr up
group may be selected as the additional parity bits.
The additional parity generator 140 needs to select NAP-Npunc bits but bits
selected from the NAP_groups bit
groups are 360xNAP_groups, and therefore, the additional parity generator 140
may additionally select NAP -Npunc-
3 60 X NAp_groups bits.
In this case, the additional parity generator 140 may determine a bit group
including additionally
selected bits based on the additional parity pattern, and additionally select
NAp-Npunc-360XNAP_groups bits from the
first bit of the determined bit group.
In detail, the additional parity generator 140 may determine a RAP(NAP_groups)-
th bit group based on the
additional parity pattern, and select a first bit to NAP-N punc- 360
XNAP_groups bits of the RAP(NAP_groups)-th bit group
for the additional parity bits. That is, a bit of an xN -
th bit group to NAP-Npunc-360xNAP_groups bits may be
gir pup
additionally selected as the additional parity bits.
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As a result, when NAp >Np., as illustrated in FIG. 40, the additional parity
generator 140 may select
all the punctured LDPC parity bits, and select all bits of a 7tAp(0)-th bit
group, a nAp(1)-th bit group, ..., a
nAP(NAP_groups-1)-th bit group and a first bit to NAp-Npullc-360xNAP_groups
bits of the nAP(NAP_groups) bit group to
generate the additional parity bits.
In the case in which repetition is selected based on a predetermined pattern,
a predetermined repetition
pattern may be used by being preferentially considered when the additional
parity bits are selected. That is, bits
after the repetition bits are selected based on the repetition pattern to be
selected as the additional parity bits.
When the number other than the number of repetition bits from the maximum
number of repetition bits defined
as the repetition pattern is larger than the number of additional parity bits
to be generated, the additional parity
bits may be generated based on both of the repetition pattern and the
additional parity pattern. The repetition
pattern means an order of groups having excellent transmission/reception
performance among bits included in a
given LDPC codeword when transmitting the LDPC codeword, and thus, the
additional parity is generated based
on the repetition pattern, and when the additional parity bit is further
required, it is based on the pattern of the
additional parity bit.
The transmitter 100 may transmit the bits output from the puncturer 130 and
the bits output from the
additional parity generator 140 to the receiver 200.
In this case, the transmitter 100 may transmit the LDPC codeword bits, that
is, the repeated, punctured,
and shortened LDPC codeword other than zero bits padded in the repeated and
punctured LDPC codeword
output from the puncturer 130 to the receiver 200.
In detail, the transmitter 100 may modulate the repeated, punctured and
shortened LDPC codeword bits
and the additional parity bits, respectively, map the bits to the
constellation symbols, and map the symbols to a
frame for transmission to the receiver 200.
However, when the repetition is omitted, the transmitter 100 may transmit the
LDPC codeword bits,
that is, the punctured and shortened LDPC codeword other than zero bits padded
in the punctured LDPC
codeword to the receiver 200.
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In this case, the transmitter 100 may perform modulation by QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-
QAM, 256-QAM, or
the like, and modulate the repeated, punctured, and shortened LDPC codeword
bits (or punctured and shortened
LDPC codeword) and the additional parity bits by the same modulation scheme.
The transmitter 100 may map the additional parity bits generated based on the
information bits
transmitted in a current frame to a frame before the current frame.
That is, the transmitter 100 may map the punctured and shortened LDPC codeword
including the
information bits corresponding to an (i-1)-th frame to the (i-1)-th frame, and
map the additional parity bits
generated based on the information bits corresponding to an i-th frame to the
(i-1)-th frame and transmit the
mapped bits to the receiver 200.
Therefore, the information bits corresponding to the (i-1)-th frame and the
parity bits generated based
on the information bits as well as the additional parity bits generated based
on the information bits corresponding
to the i-th frame may be mapped to the (i-1)-th frame.
As described earlier, since the information bits are signaling including
information required for the
receiver 200 to process service data, the transmitter 100 may map the data to
a frame along with the signaling for
processing and transmit the mapped data and signaling to the receiver 200.
In detail, the transmitter 100 may process the data in a predetermined scheme
to generate constellation
symbols and map the generated constellation symbols to data symbols of each
frame. Further, the transmitter
100 may map the signaling for the data mapped to each frame to a preamble of a
corresponding frame. For
example, the transmitter 100 may map the signaling for the data mapped to the
i-th frame to the i-th frame.
As a result, the receiver 200 may use the signaling acquired from the frame to
acquire and process the
data from the corresponding frame.
According to an exemplary embodiment, the foregoing information bits may
constitute Li-detail
signaling. The transmitter 100 may generate additional parity bits for the Li-
detail signaling by using the
foregoing method and transmit the generated additional parity bits to the
receiver 200.
Here, the Li -detail signaling may be signaling defined in an Advanced
Television System Committee
(ATSC) 3.0 standard.
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There are seven (7) modes of processing the Li-detail signaling processing.
The transmitter 100
according to the exemplary embodiment may generate the additional parity bits
for the Li -detail signaling based
on the seven modes.
The ATSC 3.0 standard defines Li-basic signaling besides the Li -detail
signaling. The transmitter 100
may process the Li-basic signaling and the Li -detail signaling by using a
specific scheme and transmit the
processed Li-basic signaling and Li-detail signaling to the receiver 200.
A method for processing the Li-basic signaling and the Li -detail signaling
will be described below.
The transmitter 100 may map the Li-basic signaling and the Li-detail signaling
to a preamble of a
frame and map data to data symbols of the frame for transmission to the
receiver 200.
Referring to FIG. 41, the frame may be configured of three parts, that is, a
bootstrap part, a preamble
part, and a data part.
The bootstrap part is used for initial synchronization and provides a basic
parameter required for the
receiver 200 to decode the Li signaling. Further, the bootstrap part may
include information about a mode of
processing the Li-basic signaling at the transmitter 100, that is, information
about a mode the transmitter 100
uses to process the Li-basic signaling.
The preamble part includes the Li signaling, and may be configured of two
parts, that is, the Li-basic
signaling and the Li-detail signaling.
Here, the Li-basic signaling may include information about the Li-detail
signaling, and the Li-detail
signaling may include information about data. Here, the data is broadcasting
data for providing broadcasting
services and may be transmitted through at least one physical layer pipes
(PLPs).
In detail, the Li-basic signaling includes information required for the
receiver 200 to process the Li-
detail signaling. This information includes, for example, information about a
mode of processing the Li-detail
signaling at the transmitter 100, that is, information about a mode the
transmitter 100 uses to process the Li-
detail signaling, information about a length of the Li-detail signaling,
information about an additional parity
mode, that is, information about a K value used for the transmitter 100 to
generate additional parity bits using an
L1B_Ll_Detail_additional_parity_mode (here, when the
L1B_Ll_Detail_additional_parity_mode is set as '00',
K = 0 and the additional parity bits are not used), and information about a
length of total cells. Further, the Li-
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basic signaling may include basic signaling information about a system
including the transmitter 100 such as a
fast Fourier transform (FFT) size, a guard interval, and a pilot pattern.
Further, the Li-detail signaling includes information required for the
receiver 200 to decode the PLPs,
for example, start positions of cells mapped to data symbols for each PLP, PLP
identifier (ID), a size of the PLP,
a modulation scheme, a code rate, etc..
Therefore, the receiver 200 may acquire frame synchronization, acquire the Li-
basic signaling and the
L 1-detail signaling from the preamble, and receive service data required by a
user from data symbols using the
Li-detail signaling.
The method for processing the Li-basic signaling and the Li-detail signaling
will be described below in
more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIGs. 42 and 43 are block diagrams for describing a detailed configuration of
the transmitter 100,
according to an exemplary embodiment.
In detail, as illustrated in FIG. 42, to process the Li-basic signaling, the
transmitter 100 may include a
scrambler 211, a BCH encoder 212, a zero padder 213, an LDPC encoder 214, a
parity permutator 215, a
repeater 216, a puncturer 217, a zero remover 219, a bit demultiplexer 219,
and a constellation mapper 221.
Further, as illustrated in FIG. 43, to process the Li-detail signaling, the
transmitter 100 may include a
segmenter 311, a scrambler 312, a BCH encoder 313, a zero padder 314, an LDPC
encoder 315, a parity
permutator 316, a repeater 317, a puncturer 318, an additional parity
generator 319, a zero remover 321, bit
demultiplexers 322 and 323, and constellation mappers 324 and 325.
Here, the components illustrated in FIGs. 42 and 43 are components for
performing encoding and
modulation on the Li-basic signaling and the Li-detail signaling, which is
only one example. According to
another exemplary embodiments, some of the components illustrated in FIGs. 42
and 43 may be omitted or
changed, and other components may also be added. Further, positions of some of
the components may be
hanged. For example, the positions of the repeaters 216 and 317 may be
disposed after the puncturers 217 and
318, respectively.
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The LDPC encoder 315, the repeater 317, the puncturer 318, and the additional
parity generator 319
illustrated in FIG. 43 may perform the operations performed by the LDPC
encoder 110, the repeater 120, the
puncturer 130, and the additional parity generator 140 illustrated in FIG. 1,
respectively.
In describing FIGs. 42 and 43, for convenience, components for performing
common functions will be
described together.
The Li-basic signaling and the Li-detail signaling may be protected by
concatenation of a BCH outer
code and an LDPC inner code. However, this is only one example. Therefore, as
outer encoding performed
before inner encoding in the concatenated coding, another encoding such as CRC
encoding in addition to the
BCH encoding may be used. Further, the Li-basic signaling and the Li-detail
signaling may be protected only
by the LDPC inner code without the outer code.
First, the Li-basic signaling and the Li-detail signaling may be scrambled.
Further, the Li-basic
signaling and the Li-detail signaling are BCH encoded, and thus, BCH parity
check bits of the Li-basic
signaling and the Li-detail signaling generated from the BCH encoding may be
added to the Li-basic signaling
and the Li-detail signaling, respectively. Further, the concatenated signaling
and the BCH parity check bits may
be additionally protected by a shortened and punctured 16K LDPC code.
To provide various robustness levels appropriate for a wide signal to noise
ratio (SNR) range, a
protection level of the Li-basic signaling and the Li-detail signaling may be
divided into seven (7) modes. That
is, the protection level of the Li-basic signaling and the Li-detail signaling
may be divided into the seven modes
based on an LDPC code, a modulation order, shortening/puncturing parameters
(that is, a ratio of the number of
bits to be punctured to the number of bits to be shortened), and the number of
bits to be basically punctured (that
is, the number of bits to be basically punctured when the number of bits to be
shortened is 0). In each mode, at
least one different combination of the LDPC code, the modulation order, the
constellation, and the
shortening/puncturing pattern may be used.
A mode for the transmitter 100 to processes the signaling may be set in
advance depending on a system.
Therefore, the transmitter 100 may determine parameters (for example,
modulation and code rate (ModCod) for
each mode, parameter for the BCH encoding, parameter for the zero padding,
shortening pattern, code rate/code
length of the LDPC code, group-wise interleaving pattern, parameter for
repetition, parameter for puncturing,
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and modulation scheme, etc.) for processing the signaling depending on the set
mode, and may process the
signaling based on the determined parameters and transmit the processed
signaling to the receiver 200. For this
purpose, the transmitter 100 may pre-store the parameters for processing the
signaling depending on the mode.
Modulation and code rate configurations (ModCod configurations) for the seven
modes for processing
the Li-basic signaling and the seven modes for processing the Li-detail
signaling are shown in following Table
4. The transmitter 100 may encode and modulate the signaling based on the
ModCod configurations defined in
following Table 4 according to a corresponding mode. That is, the transmitter
100 may determine an encoding
and modulation scheme for the signaling in each mode based on following Table
4, and may encode and
modulate the signaling according to the determined scheme. In this case, even
when modulating the Li
signaling by the same modulation scheme, the transmitter 100 may also use
different constellations.
[Table 4]
Signaling FEC Type Ksig Code Code Rate Constellation
Length
Mode 1 QPSK
Mode 2 QPSK
Mode 3 QPSK
Ll-Basic Mode 4 200 3/15 NUC_16-QAM
Mode 5 (Type A) NUC 64-QAM
Mode 6 NUC_256-QAM
Mode 7 16200 NUC_256-QAM
Mode 1 400 ¨ 2352 QPSK
Mode 2 400 ¨ 3072 QPSK
Mode 3 QPSK
Ll-Detail Mode 4 6/15 NUC 16-QAM
Mode 5 400 ¨ 6312 NUC 64-QAM
(Type B)
Mode 6 NUC_256-QAM
Mode 7 NUC_256-QAM
In above Table 4, Ksig represents the number of information bits for a coded
block. That is, since the Li
signaling bits having a length of Ksig are encoded to generate the coded
block, a length of the Li signaling in one
coded block becomes Ksig. Therefore, the Li signaling bits having the size of
Ksig may be considered as
corresponding to one LDPC coded block.
Referring to above Table 4, the Ksig value for the Li-basic signaling is fixed
to 200. However, since the
amount of Ll-detail signaling bits varies, the Ksig value for the Li-detail
signaling varies.
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In detail, in a case of the Li-detail signaling, the number of Li-detail
signaling bits varies, and thus,
when the number of Li-detail signaling bits is greater than a preset value,
the Li-detail signaling may be
segmented to have a length which is equal to or less than the preset value.
In this case, each size of the segmented Li -detail signaling blocks (that is,
segment of the Li -detail
signaling) may have the Ksig value defined in above Table 4. Further, each of
the segmented Li-detail signaling
blocks having the size of Ksig may correspond to one LDPC coded block.
However, when the number of Li-detail signaling bits is equal to or less than
the preset value, the Li-
detail signaling is not segmented. In this case, the size of the Li-detail
signaling may have the Ksig value defined
in above Table 4. Further, the Li-detail signaling having the size of Ksig may
correspond to one LDPC coded
block.
Hereinafter, a method for segmenting Li-detail signaling will be described in
detail.
The segmenter 311 segments the Li-detail signaling. In detail, since the
length of the Li-detail
signaling varies, when the length of the Li-detail signaling is greater than
the preset value, the segmenter 311
may segment the Li-detail signaling to have the number of bits which are equal
to or less than the preset value
and output each of the segmented Li -detail signalings to the scrambler 312.
However, when the length of the Li-detail signaling is equal to or less than
the preset value, the
segmenter 311 does not perform a separate segmentation operation.
A method for segmenting, by the segmenter 311, the Li-detail signaling is as
follows.
The amount of Li-detail signaling bits varies and mainly depends on the number
of PLPs. Therefore, to
transmit all bits of the Li-detail signaling, at least one forward error
correction (FEC) frame is required. Here,
an FEC frame may represent a form in which the Li-detail signaling is encoded,
and thus, parity bits according
to the encoding are added to the Li-detail signaling.
In detail, when the Li-detail signaling is not segmented, the Li-detail
signaling is BCH-encoded and
LDPC encoded to generate one FEC frame, and therefore, one FEC frame is
required for the Li-detail signaling
transmission. On the other hand, when the Li-detail signaling is segmented
into at least two, at least two
segmented Li -detail signalings each are BCH encoded and LDPC encoded to
generate at least two FEC frames,
and therefore, at least two FEC frames are required for the Li-detail
signaling transmission.
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Therefore, the segmenter 311 may calculate the number NIAD FECFRAME of FEC
frames for the Li -detail
signaling based on following Equation 17. That is, the number NIAD FECFRAME of
FEC frames for the Li -detail
signaling may be determined based on following Equation 17.
K LiD ex pad
NL1D FECFRAME
Kseg
... (17)
lxi
In above Equation 17, represents a minimum integer which is equal to or
greater than x.
Further, in above Equation 17, KIAD ex_pad represents the length of the Li-
detail signaling other than Li
padding bits as illustrated in FIG. 44, and may be determined by a value of an
L1B_Ll_Detail_size_bits field
included in the Li-basic signaling.
Further, Ks, represents a threshold number for segmentation defined based on
the number Kmpe of
information bits input to the LDPC encoder 315, that is, the LDPC information
bits. Further, Kseg may be
defined based on the number of BCH parity check bits of a BCH code and a
multiple value of 360.
Kseg is determined such that, after the Li-detail signaling is segmented, the
number Ksig of information
bits in the coded block is set to be equal to or less than Kmpe M --outer. In
detail, when the Li-detail signaling is
segmented based on Kseg, since the length of segmented Li-detail signaling
does not exceed Kseg, the length of
the segmented Li-detail signaling is set to be equal to or less than Kmpe M --
outer when Ks, is set like in Table 5 as
following.
Here, M
¨outer and Kldpc are as following Tables 6 and 7. For sufficient robustness,
the Kseg value for the
Li-detail signaling mode 1 may be set to be Kmpe-M outer720- ¨ .
Kseg for each mode of the Li-detail signaling may be defined as following
Table 5. In this case, the
segmenter 311 may determine Ks, according to a corresponding mode as shown in
following Table 5.
[Table 5]
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Li-Detail Kseg
Mode 1 2352
Mode 2 3072
Mode 3
Mode 4
Mode 5 6312
Mode 6
Mode 7
As illustrated in FIG. 44, an entire L 1-detail signaling may be formed of L 1-
detail signaling and Li
padding bits.
In this case, the segmenter 311 may calculate a length of an Ll_PADDING field
for the Li-detail
signaling, that is, the number L1D PAD of the Li padding bits based on
following Equation 18.
However, calculating KL1D PAD based on following Equation 18 is only one
example. That is, the
segmenter 311 may calculate the length of the Ll_PADDING field for the Li-
detail signaling, that is, the
number KL1D PAD of the Li padding bits based on KL1D ex_pad and NL1D FECFRAME
values. As one example, the
KL1D PAD value may be obtained based on following Equation 18. That is,
following Equation 18 is only one
example of a method for obtaining a KL1D PAD value, and thus, another method
based on the KL1D ex_pad and
MAD FECFRAME values may be applied to obtain an equivalent result.
KL1D ex pad
_ _
K L1 D PAD = X 8 X N Li D FECFRAME K L1 D_ex_pad
(hi
VI L1 D FECFRAME X 8)
(18)
Further, the segmenter 311 may fill the Ll_PADDING field with KL1D PAD zero
bits (that is, bits having
a 0 value). Therefore, as illustrated in FIG. 44, the KL1D PAD zero bits may
be filled in the Ll_PADDING field.
As such, by calculating the length of the Ll_PADDING field and padding zero
bits of the calculated
length to the Ll_PADDING field, the Li-detail signaling may be segmented into
the plurality of blocks formed
of the same number of bits when the Li-detail signaling is segmented.
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Next, the segmenter 311 may calculate a final length KL1D of the entire Li -
detail signaling including the
zero padding bits based on following Equation 19.
KL1D K 1.10i_ex_pad K LIE)PAD
... (19)
Further, the segmenter 311 may calculate the number Ksig of information bits
in each of the
NL1D FECFRAME blocks based on following Equation 20.
K ilD
= ¨
sig r,61
LiD FECFRAME
... (20)
Next, the segmenter 311 may segment the Li-detail signaling by Ksig number of
bits.
In detail, as illustrated in FIG. 44, when the NL1D FECFRAME is greater than
1, the segmenter 311 may
segment the Li-detail signaling by the number of Ksig bits to segment the Li-
detail signaling into the
NL1D FECFRAME blocks.
Therefore, the Li -detail signaling may be segmented into NL1D FECFRAME
blocks, and the number of Ll-
detail signaling bits in each of the MAD FECFRAME blocks may be Ksig. Further,
each segmented Li-detail
signaling is encoded. As an encoded result, a coded block, that is, an FEC
frame is formed, such that the number
of Li-detail signaling bits in each of the NL1D FECFRAME coded blocks may be
Ksig.
However, when the Li-detail signaling is not segmented, Kug=KL1D ex_pad.
The segmented Li-detail signaling blocks may be encoded by a following
procedure.
In detail, all bits of each of the Li-detail signaling blocks having the size
Ksig may be scrambled. Next,
each of the scrambled Li-detail signaling blocks may be encoded by
concatenation of the BCH outer code and
the LDPC inner code.
In detail, each of the Li-detail signaling blocks is BCH-encoded, and thus M
(=168) BCH parity
¨outer ,
check bits may be added to the Ksig Li-detail signaling bits of each block,
and then, the concatenation of the Ll-
detail signaling bits and the BCH parity check bits of each block may be
encoded by a shortened and punctured
16K LDPC code. The details of the BCH code and the LDPC code will be described
below. However, the
exemplary embodiments describe only a case in which M
¨outer-168, but it is apparent that M ¨ ¨outer may be changed
into an appropriate value depending on the requirements of a system.
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The scramblers 211 and 312 scramble the Li-basic signaling and the Li -detail
signaling, respectively.
In detail, the scramblers 211 and 312 may randomize the Li-basic signaling and
the Li -detail signaling, and
output the randomized Li-basic signaling and Li -detail signaling to the BCH
encoders 212 and 313, respectively.
In this case, the scramblers 211 and 312 may scramble the information bits by
a unit of Ksig.
That is, since the number of Li-basic signaling bits transmitted to the
receiver 200 through each frame
is 200, the scrambler 211 may scramble the Li-basic signaling bits by Ksig
(=200).
Since the number of Li-basic signaling bits transmitted to the receiver 200
through each frame varies,
in some cases, the Li-detail signaling may be segmented by the segmenter 311.
Further, the segmenter 311 may
output the Li -detail signaling formed of Ksig bits or the segmented Li-detail
signaling blocks to the scrambler
312. As a result, the scrambler 312 may scramble the Li-detail signaling bits
by every Ksig which are output
from the segmenter 311.
The BCH encoders 212 and 313 perform the BCH encoding on the Li-basic
signaling and the Li-detail
signaling to generate the BCH parity check bits.
In detail, the BCH encoders 212 and 313 may perform the BCH encoding on the Li-
basic signaling and
the Li-detail signaling output from the scramblers 211 and 313, respectively,
to generate the BCH parity check
bits, and output the BCH-encoded bits in which the BCH parity check bits are
added to each of the Li-basic
signaling and the Li-detail signaling to the zero padders 213 and 314,
respectively.
For example, the BCH encoders 212 and 313 may perform the BCH encoding on the
input Ksig bits to
generate the Kilter (that is, Ksigayload, =Kp
BCH parity check bits and output the BCH-encoded bits formed of Nouter
(-- Ksig-Aloider) bits to the zero padders 213 and 314, respectively.
The parameters for the BCH encoding may be defined as following Table 6.
[Table 6]
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Ksig
Signaling FEC Type 7, Mouter Nouter¨ Ksig+ Mouter
Itpayload
Mode 1
Mode 2
Mode 3
L1-Basic Mode 4 200 368
Mode 5
Mode 6
Mode 7
168
Mode 1 400 2352 568 ¨ 2520
Mode 2 400 ¨ 3072 568 ¨ 3240
Mode 3
L1-Detail Mode 4
Mode 5 400 ¨ 6312 568 ¨ 6480
Mode 6
Mode 7
Referring to FIGs. 42 and 43, it may be appreciated that the LDPC encoders 214
and 315 may be
disposed after the BCH encoders 212 and 313, respectively.
Therefore, the Ll-basic signaling and the Li -detail signaling may be
protected by the concatenation of
the BCH outer code and the LDPC inner code.
In detail, the Li-basic signaling and the Li -detail signaling are BCH-
encoded, and thus, the BCH parity
check bits for the Li-basic signaling are added to the Li-basic signaling and
the BCH parity check bits for the
Li -detail signaling are added to the Li -detail signaling. Further, the
concatenated Li-basic signaling and BCH
parity check bits are additionally protected by the LDPC code and the
concatenated Li -detail signaling and BCH
parity check bits may be additionally protected by the LDPC code.
Here, it is assumed that the LDPC code is a 16K LDPC code, and thus, in the
BCH encoders 212 and
213, a systematic BCH code for Ninller=16200 (that is, the code length of the
16K LDPC is 16200 and an LDPC
codeword generated by the LDPC encoding may be formed of 16200 bits) may be
used to perform outer
encoding of the Li-basic signaling and the Li-detail signaling.
The zero padders 213 and 314 pad zero bits. In detail, for the LDPC code, a
predetermined number of
LDPC information bits defined according to a code rate and a code length is
required, and thus, the zero padders
213 and 314 may pad zero bits for the LDPC encoding to generate the
predetermined number of LDPC
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information bits formed of the BCH-encoded bits and zero bits, and output the
generated bits to the LDPC
encoders 214 and 315, respectively, when the number of BCH-encoded bits is
less than the number of LDPC
information bits. When the number of BCH-encoded bits is equal to the number
of LDPC information bits, zero
bits are not padded.
Here, zero bits padded by the zero padders 213 and 314 are padded for the LDPC
encoding, and
therefore, the padded zero bits padded are not transmitted to the receiver 200
by a shortening operation.
For example, when the number of LDPC information bits of the 16K LDPC code is
Kmpc, in order to
form Kmpc LDPC information bits, zero bits are padded.
In detail, when the number of BCH-encoded bits is N.A.., the number of LDPC
information bits of the
16K LDPC code is Kmpc, and Nouter < Kmpc, the zero padders 213 and 314 may pad
the Kmpc-Nouter zero bits and
use the Nouter BCH-encoded bits as the remaining portion of the LDPC
information bits to generate the LDPC
information bits formed of Kmpc bits. However, when Nouter=Kmpc, zero bits are
not padded.
For this purpose, the zero padders 213 and 314 may divide the LDPC information
bits into a plurality of
bit groups.
For example, the zero padders 213 and 314 may divide the Kmpc LDPC information
bits (io,
1) into Nozo_groop(=K1dpc/360) bit groups based on following Equation 21 or
22. That is, the zero padders
La
213 and 314 may divide the LDPC information bits into the plurality of bit
groups so that the number of bits
included in each bit group is 360.
Zi k j [ ,0 k < K idpc for Osj <N
360 info_group
... (21)
Zj = rk1360 X j k <360 X (j+1) for OSI<N info_group
... (22)
In above Equations 21 and 22, 4 represents a j-th bit group.
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The parameters Nouter, Kmpc, and Niiilb_group for the zero padding for the Li-
basic signaling and the Li-
detail signaling may be defined as shown in following Table 7. In this case,
the zero padders 213 and 314 may
determine parameters for the zero padding according to a corresponding mode as
shown in following Table 7.
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[Table 7]
Signaling FEC Type Nouter Kldpc Niufo group
Li-Basic
368
(all modes)
3240 9
Li-Detail Mode 1 568 ¨ 2520
Li-Detail Mode 2 568 ¨ 3240
Li-Detail Mode 3
Li-Detail Mode 4
Li-Detail Mode 5 568 ¨ 6480 6480 18
Li-Detail Mode 6
Li-Detail Mode 7
Further, for 0 j <Ninfo_group, each bit group 4 as shown in FIG. 45 may be
formed of 360 bits.
In detail, FIG. 45 illustrates a data format after the Li-basic signaling and
the Li -detail signaling each
are LDPC-encoded. In FIG. 45, an LDPC FEC added to the Kmõ LDPC information
bits represents the LDPC
parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding.
Referring to FIG. 45, the Kmõ LDPC information bits are divided into the
Niiffo_group bits groups and
each bit group may be formed of 360 bits.
When the number Nouter(= Ksig+Mouter) of BCH-encoded bits for the Li-basic
signaling and the Li-detail
signaling is less than the Kmõ, that is, Nouter(= Ksig+Mouter)<Kmõ, for the
LDPC encoding, the Km, LDPC
information bits may be filled with the Nouter BCH-encoded bits and the Km,-
Nouter zero-padded bits. In this case,
the padded zero bits are not transmitted to the receiver 200.
Hereinafter, a shortening procedure performed by the zero padders 213 and 314
will be described in
more detail.
The zero padders 213 and 314 may calculate the number of padded zero bits.
That is, to fit the number
of bits required for the LDPC encoding, the zero padders 213 and 314 may
calculate the number of zero bits to
be padded.
In detail, the zero padders 213 and 314 may calculate a difference between the
number of LDPC
information bits and the number of BCH-encoded bits as the number of padded
zero bits. That is, for a given
1\T011ter, the zero padders 213 and 314 may calculate the number of padded
zero bits as Km,-Nouter.
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Further, the zero padders 213 and 314 may calculate the number of bit groups
in which all the bits are
padded. That is, the zero padders 213 and 314 may calculate the number of bit
groups in which all bits within
the bit group are padded by zero bits.
In detail, the zero padders 213 and 314 may calculate the number Npad of
groups to which all bits are
padded based on following Equation 23 or 24.
K idpc - Nouterl
pad = L360
... (23)
M outer) ¨ K sç
N pad ¨
360
... (24)
Next, the zero padders 213 and 314 may determine bit groups in which zero bits
are padded among a
plurality of bit groups based on a shortening pattern, and may pad zero bits
to all bits within some of the
determined bit groups and some bits within the remaining bit groups.
In this case, the shortening pattern of the padded bit group may be defined as
shown in following Table
8. In this case, the zero padders 213 and 314 may determine the shortening
pattern according to a corresponding
mode as shown in following Table 8.
[Table 8]
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Signaling FEC Ninfo (0 j < Ninfo_group)
¨ Ir S (191 115":1) 21'S(2) Rs (3) Rs c4) NS (5) grs(6:1 Ii7) grs (8)
Type group irs(9) IT s(10) grsCii) 14(12) Ts (.13) Rs (14) 14(1'51 as
(IS) irs (17)
Li-Basic 4 1 5 2 8 6 0 7 3
(for all modes)
Li-Detail 7 8 5 4 1 2 6 3 0
9
Mode 1
Li-Detail 6 1 7 8 0 2 4 3 5
Mode 2
Li-Detail 0 12 15 13 2 5 7 9 8
Mode 3 6 16 10 14 1 17 11 4 3
Li-Detail 0 15 5 16 17 1 6 13 11
Mode 4 4 7 12 8 14 2 3 9 10
Li-Detail 18 2 4 5 17 9 7 1 6 15
Mode 5 8 10 14 16 0 11 13 12 3
Li-Detail 0 15 5 16 17 1 6 13 11
Mode 6 4 7 12 8 14 2 3 9 10
Li-Detail 15 7 8 11 5 10 16 4 12
Mode 7 3 0 6 9 1 14 17 2 13
Here, it(j) is an index of a j-th padded bit group. That is, the it(j)
represents a shortening pattern order
of the j-th bit group. Further, Ninfo group is the number of bit groups
configuring the LDPC information bits.
In detail, the zero padders 213 and 314 may determine Z7,.,.(c...:õ
27,5r1),..., Zlgorira d,_17., as bit groups
in which all bits within the bit group are padded by zero bits based on the
shortening pattern, and pad zero bits to
all bits of the bit groups. That is, the zero padders 213 and 314 may pad zero
bits to all bits of a ns(0)-th bit
group, a ns(1)-th bit group, ....a s 7r. (N
Tad-1)-th bit group among the plurality of bit groups based on the shortening
pattern.
As such, when Npad is not 0, the zero padders 213 and 314 may determine a list
of the Npad bit groups,
that is, Z.,,,.. co), Z7s (i) ,..., 2,,7 I) based on above Table 8, and pad
zero bits to all bits within the
determined bit group.
However, when the Npad is 0, the foregoing procedure may be omitted.
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Since the number of all the padded zero bits is Km,-Nouter and the number of
zero bits padded to the
Npad bit groups is 360xNpad, the zero padders 213 and 314 may additionally pad
zero bits to K1d,-Nouter-360 xNpad
LDPC information bits.
In this case, the zero padders 213 and 314 may determine a bit group to which
zero bits are additionally
padded based on the shortening pattern, and may additionally pad zero bits
from a head portion of the
determined bit group.
In detail, the zero padders 213 and 314 may determine Zn,,Tiradl, as a bit
group to which zero bits are
additionally padded based on the shortening pattern, and may additionally pad
zero bits to the K1d,-Nouter-
360xNpad bits positioned at the head portion of Zetimc, . Therefore, the K1dpc-
Noutõ-360xNpad zero bits may
be padded from a first bit of the ns(Npad)-th bit group.
As a result, for ,
zero bits may be additionally padded to the K1dpc-Nbch-360xNpad bits
positioned at the head portion of the Z,,,
The foregoing example describes that K1d,-Nouter-360xNpad zero bits are padded
from a first bit of the
Z_ , which is only one example. Therefore, the position at which zero
bits are padded in the
may be changed. For example, the K1dpc-Nouter-360xNpad zero bits may be padded
to a middle portion or a last
portion of the ZN or may also be padded at any position of the
Next, the zero padders 213 and 314 may map the BCH-encoded bits to the
positions at which zero bits
are not padded to configure the LDPC information bits.
Therefore, the Nouter BCH-encoded bits are sequentially mapped to the bit
positions at which zero bits in
the Km, LDPC information bits (io,
igi6;x_t) are not padded, and thus, the Kmõ LDPC information bits
may be formed of the N.A.. BCH-encoded bits and the Km,-Nouter information
bits.
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The padded zero bits are not transmitted to the receiver 200. As such, a
procedure of padding the zero
bits or a procedure of padding the zero bits and then not transmitting the
padded zero bits to the receiver 200
may be called shortening.
The LDPC encoders 214 and 315 perform LDPC encoding on the Li-basic signaling
and the Li-detail
signaling, respectively.
In detail, the LDPC encoders 214 and 315 may perform LDPC encoding on the LDPC
information bits
output from the zero padders 213 and 31 to generate LDPC parity bits, and
output an LDPC codeword including
the LDPC information bits and the LDPC parity bits to the parity permutators
215 and 316, respectively.
That is, Km, bits output from the zero padder 213 may include Ksig Li-basic
signaling bits, m ¨outer ( ¨
Nouter-Kug) BCH parity check bits, and Ktdpe-Nouter padded zero bits, which
may configure Km, LDPC
information bits i = (io, _1) for the LDPC encoder 214.
Further, the Kmõ bits output from the zero padder 314 may include the Ksig Li-
detail signaling bits, the
Mouter Nouter-Ksig) BCH parity check bits, and the (Km,-Nouier) padded zero
bits, which may configure the Km,
LDPC information bits i = (io, imo _1) for the LDPC encoder 315.
In this case, the LDPC encoders 214 and 315 may systematically perform the
LDPC encoding on the
Klelpo LDPC information bits to generate an LDPC codeword A = (co, ci, -
1) = (io, iirnErc -1,
po, pi, = = =, Nix It er _Kudisc _1) formed of Nuttier bits.
In the Li-basic modes and the Li-detail modes 1 and 2, the LDPC encoders 214
and 315 may encode
the Li-basic signaling and the Li-detail signaling at a code rate of 3/15 to
generate 16200 LDPC codeword bits.
In this case, the LDPC encoders 214 and 315 may perform the LDPC encoding
based on above Table 1.
Further, in the Li-detail modes 3, 4, 5 6, and 7, the LDPC encoder 315 may
encode the Li-detail
signaling at a code rate of 6/15 to generate the 16200 LDPC codeword bits. In
this case, the LDPC encoder 315
may perform the LDPC encoding based on above Table 3.
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The code rate and the code length for the Li-basic signaling and the Li-detail
signaling are as shown in
above Table 4, and the number of LDPC information bits are as shown in above
Table 7.
The parity permutators 215 and 316 perform parity permutation. That is, the
parity permutators 215
and 316 may perform permutation only on the LDPC parity bits among the LDPC
information bits and the
LDPC parity bits.
In detail, the parity permutators 215 and 316 may perform the permutation only
on the LDPC parity bits
in the LDPC codewords output from the LDPC encoders 214 and 315, and output
the parity permutated LDPC
codewords to the repeaters 216 and 317, respectively. The parity permutator
316 may output the parity
permutated LDPC codeword to an additional parity generator 319. In this case,
the additional parity generator
319 may use the parity permutated LDPC codeword output from the parity
permutator 316 to generate additional
parity bits.
For this purpose, the parity permutators 215 and 316 may include a parity
interleaver (not illustrated)
and a group-wise interleaver (not illustrated).
First, the parity interleaver may interleave only the LDPC parity bits among
the LDPC information bits
and the LDPC parity bits configuring the LDPC codeword. However, the parity
interleaver may perform the
parity interleaving only in the cases of the Li-detail modes 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.
That is, since the Li-basic modes
and the Li-detail modes 1 and 2 include the parity interleaving as a portion
of the LDPC encoding process, in the
Li-basic modes and the Li-detail modes 1 and 2, the parity interleaver may not
perform the parity interleaving.
In the mode of performing the parity interleaving, the parity interleaver may
interleave the LDPC parity
bits based on following Equation 25.
= e for 0 sI < K idp, (lnforrnation bits are not
interleaved.)
LIkloc+360it+s "..-CKodoc+2+7s+t for 0 s <360, 0 t < 27
(25)
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In detail, based on above Equation 25, the LDPC codeword (co, ci, ...,
_3) is parity-interleaved
by the parity interleaver and an output of the parity interleaver may be
represented by U = (uo, ui,
L-Ler ¨1)*
Since the Li-basic modes and the Li-detail modes 1 and 2 do not use the parity
interleaver, an output U
= (uo, _J.) of the
parity interleaver may be represented as following Equation 26.
ui = ci IVO .5 < N-
orma-
... (26)
The group-wise interleaver may perform group-wise interleaving on the output
of the parity interleaver.
Here, as described above, the output of the parity interleaver may be an LDPC
codeword parity-
interleaved by the parity interleaver or may be an LDPC codeword which is not
parity-interleaved by the parity
interleaver.
Therefore, when the parity interleaving is performed, the group-wise
interleaver may perform the
group-wise interleaving on the parity interleaved LDPC codeword, and when the
parity interleaving is not
performed, the group-wise interleaver may perform the group-wise interleaving
on the LDPC codeword which is
not parity-interleaved.
In detail, the group-wise interleaver may interleave the output of the parity
interleaver in a bit group
unit.
For this purpose, the group-wise interleaver may divide an LDPC codeword
output from the parity
interleaver into a plurality of bit groups. As a result, the LDPC parity bits
output from the parity interleaver may
be divided into a plurality of bit groups.
In detail, the group-wise interleaver may divide the LDPC-encoded bits (uo,
ui, u _3.) output
from the parity interleaver into N,roup( inner _ N /360) bit groups based on
following Equation 27.
Xi {uk1360 xj k < 360x(+1),0 k < N Inner} for 0 5j < N group
... (27)
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In above Equation 27, N represents a j-th bit group.
FIG. 46 illustrates an example of dividing the LDPC codeword output from the
parity interleaver into a
plurality of bit groups.
Referring to FIG. 46, the LDPC codeword is divided into Ng
roup( Numer/360) bit groups, and each bit
group N for 0 < j <N,roup is formed of 360 bits.
As a result, the LDPC information bits formed of Kmpc bits may be divided into
K1dpc/360 bit groups and
the LDPC parity bits formed of Ninner-Kldpc bits may be divided into Ninner-
K1dpo/360 bit groups.
Further, the group-wise interleaver performs the group-wise interleaving on
the LDPC codeword output
from the parity interleaver.
In this case, the group-wise interleaver does not perform interleaving on the
LDPC information bits, and
may perform the interleaving only on the LDPC parity bits among the LDPC
information bits and the LDPC
parity bits to change the order of the plurality of bit groups configuring the
LDPC parity bits.
As a result, the LDPC information bits among the LDPC bits may not be
interleaved by the group-wise
interleaver but the LDPC parity bits among the LDPC bits may be interleaved by
the group-wise interleaver. In
this case, the LDPC parity bits may be interleaved in a group unit.
In detail, the group-wise interleaver may perform the group-wise interleaving
on the LDPC codeword
output from the parity interleaver based on following Equation 28.
= X1, 0 .5 j < Kidp, /360
X Tri4) ' Kidpc 1360 j
< N group
... (28)
Here, X, represents a j-th bit group among the plurality of bit groups
configuring the LDPC codeword,
that is, the j-th bit group prior to the group-wise interleaving and Y,
represents the group-wise interleaved j-th bit
group. Further, RAO represents a permutation order for the group-wise
interleaving.
The permutation order may be defined based on following Table 9 and Table 10.
Here, Table 9 shows a
group-wise interleaving pattern of a parity portion in the Li-basic modes and
the Li-detail modes 1 and 2, and
Table 10 shows a group-wise interleaving pattern of a parity portion for the
Li-detail modes 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.
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In this case, the group-wise interleaver may determine the group-wise
interleaving pattern according to
a corresponding mode shown in following Tables 9 and 10.
[Table 9]
Order of group-wise interleaving
Npri) (941:: j<45
Signaling
N roun r(9) 7-c(10) zp(11) r(l2) r(l3) r(l4) r(l5) r(l6) r(l7) r(l8)
r(l9) r(2O)
FEC Type g /- P P
r(2l) zp(22) zp(23) zp(24) zp(25) zp(26) zp(27) zp(28) zp(29) r(3O) r(3l)
zp(32)
7-cp(33) 7-cp(34) 7-cp(35) 7-cp(36) 7-cp(37) 7-cp(38) 7-cp(39) r(4O) r(4l) 7-
cp(42) 7-cp(43) 7-cp(44)
Li-Basic 20 23 25 32 38 41 18 9 10 11
31 24
(all 14 15 26 40 33 19 28 34 16 39
27 30
modes)
21 44 43 35 42 36 12 13 29 22
37 17
16 22 27 30 37 44 20 23 25 32
38 41
Li-Detail 45
9 10 17 18 21 33 35 14 28 12
15 19
Mode 1
11 24 29 34 36 13 40 43 31 26
39 42
9 31 23 10 11 25 43 29 36 16
27 34
Li-Detail
26 18 37 15 13 17 35 21 20 24
44 12
Mode 2
22 40 19 32 38 41 30 33 14 28
39 42
[Table 10]
Order of group-wise interleaving
Signaling N appli (18 j
FEC Type group 418) 419) 420) 421) 422) 423) 424) 425) 426) 427) 428) 429)
430) 431)
432) 433) 434) 435) 436) 437) 7(38) 439) 440) 7041) 7042) 443) 444)
Li-Detail 19 37 30 42 23 44 27 40 21 34 25 32 29 24
Mode 3 26 35 39 20 18 43 31 36 38 22
33 28 41
Li-Detail 20 35 42 39 26 23 30 18 28 37 32 27 44 43
Mode 4 41 40 38 36 34 33 31 29 25
24 22 21 19
Li-Detail 19 37 33 26 40 43 22 29 24 35 44 31 27 20
Mode 5 21 39 25 42 34 18 32 38 23 30 28 36
41
Li-Detail 20 35 42 39 26 23 30 18 28 37 32 27 44 43
Mode 6 41 40 38 36 34 33 31 29 25
24 22 21 19
Li-Detail 44 23 29 33 24 28 21 27 42 18 22 31 32 37
Mode 7 43 30 25 35 20 34 39 36 19 41 40 26 38
Hereinafter, for the group-wise interleaving pattern in the Li -detail mode 2
as an example, an operation
of the group-wise interleaver will be described.
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In the Li -detail mode 2, the LDPC encoder 315 performs LDPC encoding on 3240
LDPC information
bits at a code rate of 3/15 to generate 12960 LDPC parity bits. In this case,
an LDPC codeword may be formed
of 16200 bits.
Each bit group is formed of 360 bits, and as a result the LDPC codeword formed
of 16200 bits is
divided into 45 bit groups.
Here, since the number of the LDPC information bits is 3240 and the number of
the LDPC parity bits is
12960, a 0-th bit group to an 8-th bit group correspond to the LDPC
information bits and a 9-th bit group to a 44-
th bit group correspond to the LDPC parity bits.
In this case, the group-wise interleaver does not perform interleaving on the
bit groups configuring the
LDPC information bits, that is, a 0-th bit group to a 8-th bit group based on
above Equation 28 and Table 9, but
may interleave the bit groups configuring the LDPC parity bits, that is, a 9-
th bit group to a 44-th bit group in a
group unit to change an order of the 9-th bit group to the 44-th bit group.
In detail, in the Li -detail mode 2 in above Table 9, above Equation 28 may be
represented like Y0=X0,
= ------------------------------------------------------------------------- =
= , Y7 ¨X7, Y8¨X8, Y9¨X p(9)-X9, Yio¨X p(10)-X31, Yil¨X p(11)-X23, = =
=,Y42-X. p(42)-X28, Y43-X. p(43)-X39,
Y44-X p(44)-X42.
Therefore, the group-wise interleaver does not change an order of the 0-th bit
group to the 8-th bit group
including the LDPC information bits but may change an order of the 9-th bit
group to the 44-th bit group
including the LDPC parity bits.
In detail, the group-wise interleaver may change the order of the bit groups
from the 9-th bit group to
the 44-th bit group so that the 9-th bit group is positioned at the 9-th
position, the 31-th bit group is positioned at
the 10-th position, the 23-th bit group is positioned at the 11-th
position,..., the 28-th bit group is positioned at
the 42-th position, the 39-th bit group is positioned at the 43-th position,
the 42-th bit group is positioned at the
44-th position.
As described below, since the puncturers 217 and 318 perform puncturing from
the last parity bit, the
parity bit groups may be arranged in an inverse order of the puncturing
pattern by the parity permutation. That is,
the first bit group to be punctured is positioned at the last bit group.
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The foregoing example describes that only the parity bits are interleaved,
which is only one example.
That is, the parity permutators 215 and 316 may also interleave the LDPC
information bits. In this case, the
parity permutators 215 and 316 may interleave the LDPC information bits with
identity and output the LDPC
information bits having the same order before the interleaving so that the
order of the LDPC information bits is
not changed.
The repeaters 216 and 317 may repeat at least some bits of the parity
permutated LDPC codeword at a
position subsequent to the LDPC information bits, and output the repeated LDPC
codeword, that is, the LDPC
codeword bits including the repetition bits, to the puncturers 217 and 318.
The repeater 317 may also output the
repeated LDPC codeword to the additional parity generator 319. In this case,
the additional parity generator 319
may use the repeated LDPC codeword to generate the additional parity bits.
In detail, the repeaters 216 and 317 may repeat a predetermined number of LDPC
parity bits after the
LDPC information bits. That is, the repeaters 216 and 317 may add the
predetermined number of repeated
LDPC parity bits after the LDPC information bits. Therefore, the repeated LDPC
parity bits are positioned
between the LDPC information bits and the LDPC parity bits within the LDPC
codeword.
Therefore, since the predetennined number of bits within the LDPC codeword
after the repetition may
be repeated and additionally transmitted to the receiver 200, the foregoing
operation may be referred to as
repetition.
The term "adding" represents disposing the repetition bits between the LDPC
information bits and the
LDPC parity bits so that the bits are repeated.
The repetition may be performed only on the Li-basic mode 1 and the Li-detail
mode 1, and may not
be performed on the other modes. In this case, the repeaters 216 and 317 do
not perform the repetition and may
output the parity permutated LDPC codeword to the puncturers 217 and 318.
Hereinafter, a method for performing repetition will be described in more
detail.
The repeaters 216 and 317 may calculate a number Nrepeat of bits additionally
transmitted per an LDPC
codeword based on following Equation 29.
N repeat = 2 X X N miter] D
... (29)
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In above Equation 29, C has a fixed number and D may be an even integer.
Referring to above
Equation 29, it may be appreciated that the number of bits to be repeated may
be calculated by multiplying C by
a given Nouter and adding D thereto.
The parameters C and D for the repetition may be selected based on following
Table 11. That is, the
repeaters 216 and 317 may determine the C and D based on a corresponding mode
as shown in following Table
11.
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[Table 11]
Nldpc_parity
Nouter -Ksig -Kldpc C D
lim- OD
Ninner¨ Kldpc)
Li-Basic 3240
368 200 0 3672 12960 2
Mode 1
Li-Detail
568 ¨ 2520 400 ¨ 2352 3240 61/16 ¨508 12960 2
Mode 1
Further, the repeaters 216 and 317 may repeat Nrepeat LDPC parity bits.
In detail, when Nrepeat < NIdpe_parity, the repeaters 216 and 317 may add
first Nrepeat bits of the parity
permutated LDPC parity bits to the LDPC information bits as illustrated in
FIG. 47. That is, the repeaters 216
and 317 may add a first LDPC parity bit among the parity permutated LDPC
parity bits as an Nrepearth LDPC
parity bit after the LDPC information bits.
When Nrepeat
the the repeaters 216 and 317 may add the parity permutated Nmpc_panty LDPC
parity bits to the LDPC information bits as illustrated in FIG. 48, and may
additionally add an NrepearNldpe_parity
number of the parity permutated LDPC parity bits to the NIdpe_partty LDPC
parity bits which are first added. That
is, the repeaters 216 and 317 may add all the parity permutated LDPC parity
bits after the LDPC information bits
and additionally add the first LDPC parity bit to the NrepearNmpc_parity-th
LDPC parity bit among the parity
permutated LDPC parity bits after the LDPC parity bits which are first added.
Therefore, in the Li-basic mode 1 and the L 1-detail mode 1, the additional
Nrepeat bits may be selected
within the LDPC codeword and transmitted.
The puncturers 217 and 318 may puncture some of the LDPC parity bits included
in the LDPC
codeword output from the repeaters 216 and 317, and output a punctured LDPC
codeword (that is, the remaining
LDPC codeword bits other than the punctured bits and also referred to as an
LDPC codeword after puncturing)
to the zero removers 218 and 321. Further, the puncturer 318 may provide
information (for example, the number
and positions of punctured bits, etc.) about the punctured LDPC parity bits to
the additional parity generator 319.
In this case, the additional parity generator 319 may generate additional
parity bits based thereon.
As a result, after going through the parity permutation, some LDPC parity bits
may be punctured.
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In this case, the punctured LDPC parity bits are not transmitted in a frame in
which Li signaling bits
are transmitted. In detail, the punctured LDPC parity bits are not transmitted
in a current frame in which the Li-
signaling bits are transmitted, and in some cases, the punctured LDPC parity
bits may be transmitted in a frame
before the current frame, which will be described with reference to the
additional parity generator 319.
For this purpose, the puncturers 217 and 318 may determine the number of LDPC
parity bits to be
punctured per LDPC codeword and a size of one coded block.
In detail, the puncturers 217 and 318 may calculate a temporary number NImic
temp of LDPC parity bits
to be punctured based on following Equation 30. That is, for a given Nouter,
the puncturers 217 and 318 may
calculate the temporary number NI,1ç temp of LDPC parity bits to be punctured
based on following Equation 30.
Npunc _temp = [A x (Kodpe¨ N outer) B
... (30)
Referring to above Equation 30, the temporary size of bits to be punctured may
be calculated by adding
a constant integer B to an integer obtained from a result of multiplying a
shortening length (that is, Kmpc-Nouter)
by a preset constant A value. In the present exemplary embodiment, it is
apparent that the constant A value is set
at a ratio of the number of bits to be punctured to the number of bits to be
shortened but may be variously set
according to requirements of a system.
Here, the B value is a value which represents a length of bits to be punctured
even when the shortening
length is 0, and thus, represents a minimum length that the punctured bits can
have. Further, the A and B values
serve to adjust an actually transmitted code rate. That is, to prepare for a
case in which the length of information
bits, that is, the length of the Li signaling is short or a case in which the
length of the Li signaling is long, the A
and B values serve to adjust the actually transmitted code rate to be reduced.
The above Kmpc, A and B are listed in following Table 12 which shows
parameters for puncturing.
Therefore, the puncturers 217 and 318 may determine the parameters for
puncturing according to a
corresponding mode as shown in following Table 12.
[Table 12]
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Signaling FEC Type Nouter Iffdpc A B Nldpc_parity
%fop
Mode 1 9360 2
Mode 2 11460 2
Mode 3 12360 2
Li-Basic Mode 4 368 0 12292 4
Mode 5 3240 12350 12960 6
Mode 6 12432 8
Mode 7 12776 8
Model 568 ¨ 2520 7/2 0 2
Mode 2 568 ¨ 3240 2 6036 2
Mode 3 11/16 4653 2
Li-Detail Mode 4 29/32 3200 4
Mode 5 568 ¨ 6480 6480 3/4 4284 9720 6
Mode 6 11/16 4900 8
Mode 7 49/256 8246 8
The puncturers 217 and 318 may calculate a temporary size NFEc temp of one
coded block as shown in
following Equation 31. Here, the number Nicipc_panty of LDPC parity bits
according to a corresponding mode is
shown as above Table 12.
N FEciemp = N outer N wpc_parity N punt _temp
... (31)
Further, the puncturers 217 and 318 may calculate a size NFEc of one coded
block as shown in
following Equation 32.
FEC JemP
NFEC = X rl MOD
MOD
... (32)
In above Equation 32, limoD is a modulation order. For example, when the Li-
basic signaling and the
Li-detail signaling are modulated by QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM or 256-QAM according
to a corresponding
mode, limoD may be 2, 4, 6 and 8 as shown in above Table 12. According to
above Equation 32, NFEC may be an
integer multiple of the modulation order.
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Further, the puncturers 217 and 318 may calculate the number Npulle of LDPC
parity bits to be punctured
based on following Equation 33.
Npunc = Npune temp - (N IFEC NFEC temp)
... (33)
Here, Npulle is 0 or a positive integer. Further, NFEC is the number of bits
of an information block which
are obtained by subtracting Nputte bits to be punctured from
Nouter+Nmpe_patity bits obtained by performing the BCH
encoding and the LDPC encoding on Kstp information bits. That is, NFEC is the
number of bits other than the
repetition bits among the actually transmitted bits, and may be called the
number of shortened and punctured
LDPC codeword bits.
Referring to the foregoing process, the puncturers 217 and 318 multiplies A by
the number of padded
zero bits, that is, a shortening length and adding B to a result to calculate
the temporary number Nputte temp of
LDPC parity bits to be punctured.
Further, the puncturers 217 and 318 calculate the temporary number NFEC temp
of LDPC codeword bits
to constitute the LDPC codeword after puncturing and shortening based on the
Nut. temp.
In detail, the LDPC information bits are LDPC-encoded, and the LDPC parity
bits generated by the
LDPC encoding are added to the LDPC information bits to configure the LDPC
codeword. Here, the LDPC
information bits include the BCH-encoded bits in which the Li-basic signaling
and the Li-detail signaling are
BCH encoded, and in some cases, may further include padded zero bits.
In this case, since the padded zero bits are LDPC-encoded, and then, are not
transmitted to the receiver
200, the shortened LDPC codeword, that is, the LDPC codeword (that is,
shortened LDPC codeword) except the
padded zero bits may be formed of the BCH-encoded bits and LDPC parity bits.
Therefore, the puncturers 217 and 318 subtract the temporary number of LDPC
parity bits to be
punctured from a sum of the number of BCH-encoded bits and the number of LDPC
parity bits to calculate the
NFEC temp.
The punctured and shortened LDPC codeword (that is, LDPC codeword bits
remaining after puncturing
and shortening) are mapped to constellation symbols by various modulation
schemes such as QPSK, 16-QAM,
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64-QAM or 256-QAM according to a corresponding mode, and the constellation
symbols may be transmitted to
the receiver 200 through a frame.
Therefore, the puncturers 217 and 318 determine the number NFEC of LDPC
codeword bits to constitute
the LDPC codeword after puncturing and shortening based on NFEC temp, NFEC
being an integer multiple of the
modulation order, and determine the number Np. of bits which need to be
punctured based on LDPC codeword
bits after shortening to obtain the NFEC.
When zero bits are not padded, an LDPC codeword may be formed of BCH-encoded
bits and LDPC
parity bits, and the shortening may be omitted.
Further, in the Li-basic mode 1 and the Li -detail mode 1, repetition is
performed, and thus, the number
of shortened and punctured LDPC codeword bits is equal to NFEc+Nrepeat.
The puncturers 217 and 318 may puncture the LDPC parity bits as many as the
calculated number.
In this case, the puncturers 217 and 318 may puncture the last Npuic bits of
all the LDPC codewords.
That is, the puncturers 217 and 318 may puncture the Npuic bits from the last
LDPC parity bits.
In detail, when the repetition is not performed, the parity permutated LDPC
codeword includes only
LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding.
In this case, the puncturers 217 and 318 may puncture the last Np. bits of all
the parity permutated
LDPC codewords. Therefore, the Np. bits from the last LDPC parity bits among
the LDPC parity bits
generated by the LDPC encoding may be punctured.
When the repetition is performed, the parity permutated and repeated LDPC
codeword includes the
repeated LDPC parity bits and the LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC
encoding.
In this case, the puncturers 217 and 318 may puncture the last Npmic bits of
all the parity permutated and
repeated LDPC codewords, respectively, as illustrated in FIGs. 49 and 50.
In detail, the repeated LDPC parity bits are positioned between the LDPC
information bits and the
LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding, and thus, the puncturers 217
and 318 may puncture the Np.
bits from the last LDPC parity bits among the LDPC parity bits generated by
the LDPC encoding, respectively.
As such, the puncturers 217 and 318 may puncture the Npuiic bits from the last
LDPC parity bits,
respectively.
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Np. is 0 or a positive integer and the repetition may be applied only to the
Li-basic mode 1 and the
Li-detail mode 1.
The foregoing example describes that the repetition is performed, and then,
the puncturing is performed,
which is only one example. In some cases, after the puncturing is performed,
the repetition may be performed.
The additional parity generator 319 may select bits from the LDPC parity bits
to generate additional
parity (AP) bits.
In this case, the additional parity bits may be selected from the LDPC parity
bits generated based on the
Li-detail signaling transmitted in a current frame, and transmitted to the
receiver 200 through a frame before the
current frame, that is, a previous frame.
In detail, the Li-detail signaling is LDPC-encoded, and the LDPC parity bits
generated by the LDPC
encoding are added to the Li-detail signaling to configure an LDPC codeword.
Further, puncturing and shortening are performed on the LDPC codeword, and the
punctured and
shortened LDPC codeword may be mapped to a frame to be transmitted to the
receiver 200. Here, when the
repetition is performed according to a corresponding mode, the punctured and
shortened LDPC codeword may
include the repeated LDPC parity bits.
In this case, the Li-detail signaling corresponding to each frame may be
transmitted to the receiver 200
through each frame, along with the LDPC parity bits. For example, the
punctured and shortened LDPC
codeword including the Li-detail signaling corresponding to an (i-1)-th frame
may be mapped to the (i-1)-th
frame to be transmitted to the receiver 200, and the punctured and shortened
LDPC codeword including the L 1-
detail signaling corresponding to the i-th frame may be mapped to the i-th
frame to be transmitted to the receiver
200.
The additional parity generator 319 may select at least some of the LDPC
parity bits generated based on
the Li-detail signaling transmitted in the i-th frame to generate the
additional parity bits.
In detail, some of the LDPC parity bits generated by performing the LDPC
encoding on the Li-detail
signaling are punctured, and then, are not transmitted to the receiver 200. In
this case, the additional parity
generator 319 may select at least some of the punctured LDPC parity bits among
the LDPC parity bits generated
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by performing the LDPC encoding on the L 1-detail signaling transmitted in the
i-th frame, thereby generating
the additional parity bits.
Further, the additional parity generator 319 may select at least some of the
LDPC parity bits to be
transmitted to the receiver 200 through the i-th frame to generate the
additional parity bits.
In detail, the LDPC parity bits included in the punctured and shortened LDPC
codeword to be mapped
to the i-th frame may be configured of only the LDPC parity bits generated by
the LDPC encoding according to
a corresponding mode or the LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding
and the repeated LDPC parity
bits.
In this case, the additional parity generator 319 may select at least some of
the LDPC parity bits
included in the punctured and shortened LDPC codeword to be mapped to the i-th
frame to generate the
additional parity bits.
The additional parity bits may be transmitted to the receiver 200 through the
frame before the i-th frame,
that is, the (i-1)-th frame.
That is, the transmitter 100 may not only transmit the punctured and shortened
LDPC codeword
including the Li-detail signaling corresponding to the (i-1)-th frame but also
transmit the additional parity bits
generated based on the Li-detail signaling transmitted in the i-th frame to
the receiver 200 through the (i-1)-th
frame.
In this case, the frame in which the additional parity bits are transmitted
may be temporally the most
previous frame among the frames before the current frame.
For example, the additional parity bits have the same bootstrap major/minor
version as the current
frame among the frames before the current frame, and may be transmitted in
temporally the most previous frame.
In some cases, the additional parity generator 319 may not generate the
additional parity bits.
In this case, the transmitter 100 may transmit information about whether
additional parity bits for an
Li-detail signaling of a next frame are transmitted through the current frame
to the receiver 200 using an L 1-
basic signaling transmitted through the current frame.
For example, the use of the additional parity bits for the Li-detail signaling
of the next frame having the
same bootstrap major/minor version as the current frame may be signaled
through a field
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L1B_Ll_Detail_additional_parity_mode of the Li-basic parameter of the current
frame. In detail, when the
L1B_Ll_Detail_additional_parity_mode in the Li-basic parameter of the current
frame is set to be '00',
additional parity bits for the Li -detail signaling of the next frame are not
transmitted in the current frame.
As such, to additionally increase robustness of the Li-detail signaling, the
additional parity bits may be
transmitted in the frame before the current frame in which the L 1-detail
signaling of the current frame is
transmitted.
FIG. 51 illustrates an example in which the additional parity bits for the Li-
detail signaling of the i-th
frame are transmitted in a preamble of the (i-1)-th frame.
FIG. Si illustrates that the L 1-detail signaling transmitted through the i-th
frame is segmented into M
blocks by segmentation and each of the segmented blocks is FEC encoded.
Therefore, M number of LDPC codewords, that is, an LDPC codeword including
LDPC information
bits Li-D(i)_i and parity bits parity for L 1 -D(0_1 therefor,..., and an LDPC
codeword including LDPC
information bits Li -D(i)_M and parity bits parity for Li -D(i)_M therefor are
mapped to the i-th frame to be
transmitted to the receiver 200.
In this case, the additional parity bits generated based on the Li-detail
signaling transmitted in the i-th
frame may be transmitted to the receiver 200 through the (i-1)-th frame.
In detail, the additional parity bits, that is, AP for Ll-D(i)_1,...AP for Li -
D(i)_M generated based on
the Li-detail signaling transmitted in the i-th frame may be mapped to the
preamble of the (i-1)-th frame to be
transmitted to the receiver 200. As a result of using the additional parity
bits, a diversity gain for the Li
signaling may be obtained.
Hereinafter, a method for generating additional parity bits will be described
in detail.
The additional parity generator 319 calculates a temporary number NAP temp of
additional parity bits
based on following Equation 34.
NAP
temp =2 ntn 0.5X KX (N outer + NI, I c_parity - N pow N repeat),,
K=012
_
7 ,
(N idoc_parity+ N pun N repeat)
... (34)
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a if a , b
min(a,b) {
bjf b <a
In above Equation 34, .
Further, K represents a ratio of the additional parity bits to a half of a
total number of bits of a
transmitted coded L 1-detail signaling block (that is, bits configuring the L
1-detail signaling block repeated,
punctured, and have the zero bits removed (that is, shortened)).
In this case, K corresponds to an L1B_Ll_Detail_additional_parity_mode field
of the Li-basic
signaling. Here, a value of the L1B_Ll_Detail_additional_parity_mode
associated with the Li-detail signaling
of the i-th frame (that is, frame (#i)) may be transmitted in the (i-1)-th
frame (that is, frame (#i-1)).
As described above, when Li detail modes are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, since
repetition is not performed, in
above Equation 34, Nrepeat iS 0.
Further, the additional parity generator 319 calculates the number NAP of
additional parity bits based on
following Equation 35. Therefore, the number NAP of additional parity bits may
be a multiple of a modulation
order.
NAPtemp i
N _ ow = X I nLW' i
n.IVIOD
... (35)
Lx]
Here, is a maximum integer which is equal to or greater than x.
Here, rimoD is the modulation
order. For example, when the Li-detail signaling is modulated by QPSK, 16-QAM,
64-QAM or 256-QAM
according to a corresponding mode, the rimoD may be 2, 4, 6 or 8,
respectively.
As such, the number of additional parity bits to be generated may be
determined based on the total
number of bits to be transmitted in the current frame.
Next, the additional parity generator 319 may select bits as many as the
number of bits calculated in the
LDPC parity bits to generate the additional parity bits.
In detail, when the number of punctured LDPC parity bits is equal to or
greater than the number of
additional parity bits to be generated, the additional parity generator 319
may select bits as many as the
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calculated number from the first LDPC parity bit among the punctured LDPC
parity bits to generate the
additional parity bits.
When the number of punctured LDPC parity bits is less than the number of
additional parity bits to be
generated, the additional parity generator 319 may first select all the
punctured LDPC parity bits, and
additionally select bits as many as the number obtained by subtracting the
number of punctured LDPC parity bits
from the number of additional parity bits to be generated, from the first LDPC
parity bit among the LDPC parity
bits included in the LDPC codeword, to generate the additional parity bits.
In detail, when repetition is not performed, LDPC parity bits included in a
repeated LDPC codeword
are the LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding.
In this case, the additional parity generator 319 may first select all the
punctured LDPC parity bits and
additionally select bits as many as the number obtained by subtracting the
number of punctured LDPC parity bits
from the number of additional parity bits, from the first LDPC parity bit
among the LDPC parity bits generated
by the LDPC encoding, to generate the additional parity bits.
Here, the LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding are divided into non-
punctured LDPC
parity bits and punctured LDPC parity bits. As a result, when the bits are
selected from the first bit among the
LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding, they may be selected in an
order of the non-punctured LDPC
parity bits and the punctured LDPC parity bits.
When the repetition is performed, the LDPC parity bits included in the
repeated LDPC codeword are
the repeated LDPC parity bits and the LDPC parity bits generated by the
encoding. Here, the repeated LDPC
parity bits are positioned between the LDPC information bits and the LDPC
parity bits generated by the LDPC
encoding.
In this case, the additional parity generator 319 may first select all the
punctured LDPC parity bits and
additionally select bits as many as the number obtained by subtracting the
number of punctured LDPC parity bits
from the number of additional parity bits, from the first LDPC parity bit
among the repeated LDPC parity bits to
generate the additional parity bits.
Here, when bits are selected from the first bit among the repeated LDPC parity
bits, they may be
selected in an order of the repetition bits and the LDPC parity bits generated
by the LDPC encoding. Further,
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bits may be selected in an order of the non-punctured LDPC parity bits and the
punctured LDPC parity bits,
within the LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding.
Hereinafter, methods for generating additional parity bits according to
exemplary embodiments will be
described in more detail with reference to FIGs. 52 to 54.
FIGs. 52 to 54 are diagrams for describing the methods for generating
additional parity bits when
repetition is performed, according to the exemplary embodiments. In this case,
a repeated LDPC codeword V =
(v0, vl, _1) may be represented as illustrated in FIG. 52.
lamer rE' p eat
First, when NAp < Np., as illustrated in FIG. 53, the additional parity
generator 319 may select NAp bits
from the first LDPC parity bit among punctured LDPC parity bits to generate
the additional parity bits.
Therefore, for the additional parity bits, the punctured LDPC parity bits
(v.õ7
reFea. t "Inner c
... )
may be selected. That is, the additional
Nrep, eat +Nitrite:* nc +1 ''vrep ea e +Name c ¨MAP -1
parity generator 319 may select the NAp bits from the first bit among the
punctured LDPC parity bits to generate
the additional parity bits.
When NAp >Npui., as illustrated in FIG. 54, the additional parity generator
319 selects all the punctured
LDPC parity bits.
Therefore, for the additional parity bits, all the punctured LDPC parity bits
(v
pra -ATM r w1
v3
) may be selected. r,T. eot 4Nir. er ¨Nplunc+1' ===' V:VrET, eat Nife.r.. Er ¨
Further, the additional parity generator 319 may additionally select first NAp-
Npum bits from the LDPC
parity bits including the repeated LDPC parity bits and the LDPC parity bits
generated by the LDPC encoding.
That is, since the repeated LDPC parity bits and the LDPC parity bits
generated by the LDPC encoding
are sequentially arranged, the additional parity generator 319 may
additionally select the NAp-Np1 parity bits
from the first LDPC parity bit among the repeated LDPC parity bits.
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Therefore, for the additional parity bits, the LDPC parity bits (
dpc *1 =
= ='
VAridp4+247Ap _ _1) may be additionally selected.
In this case, the additional parity generator 319 may add the additionally
selected bits to the previously
selected bits to generate the additional parity bits. That is, as illustrated
in FIG. 54, the additional parity
generator 319 may add the additionally selected LDPC parity bits to the
punctured LDPC parity bits to generate
the additional parity bits.
As a result, for the additional parity bits (v,-
p, ea t ET ¨11p urn '''reve a t er ¨Npun +1' = = "
v
V ) may be selected. iiirep f know d" , K,- pr 41..' =
= =' Te-FNAip ¨
As such, when the number of punctured bits is equal to or greater than the
number of additional parity
bits to be generated, the additional parity bits may be generated by selecting
bits among the punctured bits based
on the puncturing order. On the other hand, in other cases, the additional
parity bits may be generated by
selecting all the punctured bits and the NAP-Npu. parity bits.
Since Nrepeat=0 when repetition is not performed, the method for generating
additional parity bits when
the repetition is not performed is the same as the case in which Nrepeat=0 in
FIGs. 52 to 54.
The additional parity bits may be bit-interleaved, and may be mapped to
constellation. In this case, the
constellation for the additional parity bits may be generated by the same
method as constellation for the Li -detail
signaling bits transmitted in the current frame, in which the Li -detail
signaling bits are repeated, punctured, and
have the zero bits removed. Further, as illustrated in FIG. 51, after being
mapped to the constellation, the
additional parity bits may be added after the Li -detail signaling block in a
frame before the current frame in
which the Ll-detail signaling of the current frame is transmitted.
The additional parity generator 319 may output the additional parity bits to a
bit demultiplexer 323.
As described above in reference to Tables 9 and 10, the group-wise
interleaving pattern defining the
permutation order may have two patterns: a first pattern and a second pattern.
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In detail, since the B value of above Equation 30 represents the minimum
length of the LDPC parity
bits to be punctured, the predetermined number of bits may be always punctured
depending on the B value
regardless of the length of the input signaling. For example, in the Li-detail
mode 2, since B=6036 and the bit
[ 360
group is formed of 360 bits, even when the shortening length is 0, at least
bit groups are
always punctured.
In this case, since the puncturing is performed from the last LDPC parity bit,
the predetermined number
of bit groups from a last bit group among the plurality of bit groups
configuring the group-wise interleaved
LDPC parity bits may be always punctured regardless of the shortening length.
For example, in the L 1-detail mode 2, the last 16 bit groups among 36 bit
groups configuring the group-
wise interleaved LDPC parity bits may be always punctured.
As a result, some of the group-wise interleaving patterns defining the
permutation order represent bit
groups always to punctured, and therefore, the group-wise interleaving pattern
may be divided into two patterns.
In detail, a pattern defining the remaining bit groups other than the bit
groups to be always punctured in the
group-wise interleaving pattern is referred to as the first pattern, and the
pattern defining the bit groups to be
always punctured is referred to as the second pattern.
For example, in the Li -detail mode 2, since the group-wise interleaving
pattern is defined as above
Table 9, a pattern representing indexes of bit groups which are not group-wise
interleaved and positioned in a 9-
th bit group to a 28-th bit group after group-wise interleaving, that is,
Y9=X(9)=X9, Yi0=X.p(l0)=X3i, Yii=X,,
p(11)=X23, - , Y26=X . p(26)=X17, Y27=X . p(27)=X35, )(28=X . p(28)=X21 may be
the first pattern, and a pattern
representing indexes of bit groups which are not group-wise interleaved and
positioned in a 29-th bit group to a
44-th bit group after group-wise interleaving, that is, Y29-X . p(29)-X20, Y30-
X . p(30)-X24, Y31-X
p(42)-X28, Y43-X . p(43)-X39, Y44-X . p(44)-X42 may be the second pattern.
As described above, the second pattern defines bit groups to be always
punctured in a current frame
regardless of the shortening length, and the first pattern defines bit groups
additionally to be punctured as the
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shortening length is long, such that the first pattern may be considered as
determining the LDPC parity bits to be
transmitted in the current frame after the puncturing.
In detail, according to the number of LDPC parity bits to be punctured, in
addition to the LDPC parity
bits to be always punctured, more LDPC parity bits may additionally be
punctured.
For example, in the Li-detail mode 2, when the number of LDPC parity bits to
be punctured is 7200,20
bit groups need to be punctured, and thus, four (4) bit groups need to be
additionally punctured, in addition to the
16 bit groups to be always punctured.
In this case, the additionally punctured four (4) bit groups correspond to the
bit groups positioned at 25-
th to 28-th positions after group-wise interleaving, and since these bit
groups are determined according to the
first pattern, that is, belong to the first pattern, the first pattern may be
used to determine bit groups to be
punctured.
That is, when LDPC parity bits are punctured more than a minimum value of LDPC
parity bits to be
punctured, which bit groups are to be additionally punctured is determined
according to which bit groups are
positioned after the bit groups to be always punctured. As a result, according
to a puncturing direction, the first
pattern which defines the bit groups positioned after the bit groups to be
always punctured may be considered as
determining bit groups to be punctured.
That is, as in the foregoing example, when the number of LDPC parity bits to
be punctured is 7200, in
addition to the 16 bit groups to be always punctured, four (4) bit groups,
that is, the bit groups positioned at 28-th,
27-th, 26-th, and 25-th positions, after group-wise interleaving is performed,
are additionally punctured. Here,
the bit groups positioned at 25-th to 28-th positions after the group-wise
interleaving are determined according to
the first pattern.
As a result, the first pattern may be considered as being used to determine
the bit groups to be
punctured. Further, the remaining LDPC parity bits other than the punctured
LDPC parity bits are transmitted
through the current frame, and therefore, the first pattern may be considered
as being used to determine the bit
groups transmitted in the current frame.
The second pattern may be used to determine the additional parity bits
transmitted in the previous frame.
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In detail, since the bit groups determined to be always punctured are always
punctured, and then, are
not transmitted in the current frame, these bit groups need to be positioned
only where bits are always punctured
after group-wise interleaving. Therefore, it is not important at which
position of these bit groups are positioned
after the group-wise interleaving.
For example, in the Li-detail mode 2, bit groups positioned at 20-th, 24-th,
44-th, ..., 28-th, 39-th and
42-th positions before the group-wise interleaving need to be positioned only
at a 29-th bit group to a 44-th bit
group after the group-wise interleaving. Therefore, it is not important at
which positions of these bit groups are
positioned.
As such, the second pattern defining bit groups to be always punctured is used
to identify bit groups to
be punctured. Therefore, defining an order between the bit groups in the
second pattern is meaningless in the
puncturing, and thus, the second pattern defining bit groups to be always
punctured may be considered as not
being used for the puncturing.
However, for determining additional parity bits, positions of the bit groups
to be always punctured
within these bit groups need to be considered.
In detail, since the additional parity bits are generated by selecting bits as
many as a predetermined
number from the first bit among the punctured LDPC parity bits, bits included
in at least some of the bit groups
to be always punctured may be selected as at least some of the additional
parity bits depending on the number of
punctured LDPC parity bits and the number of additional parity bits to be
generated.
That is, when additional parity bits are selected over the number of bit
groups defined according to the
first pattern, since the additional parity bits are sequentially selected from
a start portion of the second pattern,
the order of the bit groups belonging to the second pattern is meaningful in
terms of selection of the additional
parity bits. As a result, the second pattern defining bit groups to be always
punctured may be considered as
being used to determine the additional parity bits.
For example, in the Li-detail mode 2, the total number of LDPC parity bits is
12960 and the number of
bit groups to be always punctured is 16.
In this case, the second pattern may be used to generate the additional parity
bits depending on whether
a value obtained by subtracting the number of LDPC parity bits to be punctured
from the number of all LDPC
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parity bits and adding the subtraction result to the number of additional
parity bits to be generated exceeds 7200.
Here, 7200 is the number of LDPC parity bits except the bit groups to be
always punctured, among the bit
groups configuring the LDPC parity bits. That is, 7200=(36-16)x360.
In detail, when the value obtained by the above subtraction and addition is
equal to or less than 7200,
that is, 12960-Np1+NAp < 7200, the additional parity bits may be generated
according to the first pattern.
However, when the value obtained by the above subtraction and addition exceeds
7200, that is, 12960-
Npu.+NAp >7200, the additional parity bits may be generated according to the
first pattern and the second
pattern.
In detail, when 12960-Np1+NAp >7200, for the additional parity bits, bits
included in the bit group
positioned at a 28-th position from the first LDPC parity bit among the
punctured LDPC parity bits may be
selected, and bits included in the bit group positioned at a predetermined
position from a 29-th position may be
selected.
Here, the bit group to which the first LDPC parity bit among the punctured
LDPC parity bits belongs
and the bit group (that is, when being sequentially selected from the first
LDPC parity bit among the punctured
LDPC parity bits, a bit group to which the finally selected LDPC parity bits
belong) at the predetermined
position may be determined depending on the number of punctured LDPC parity
bits and the number of
additional parity bits to be generated.
In this case, the bit group positioned at the 28-th position from the firth
LDPC parity bit among the
punctured LDPC parity bits is determined according to the first pattern, and
the bit group positioned at the
predetermined position from the 29-th position is determined according to the
second pattern.
As a result, the additional parity bits are determined according to the first
pattern and the second pattern.
As such, the first pattern may be used to determine additional parity bits to
be generated as well as
LDPC parity bits to be punctured, and the second pattern may be used to
determine the additional parity bits to
be generated and LDPC parity bits to be always punctured regardless of the
number of parity bits to be punctured
by the puncturers 217 and 318.
The foregoing example describes that the group-wise interleaving pattern
includes the first pattern and
the second pattern, which is only for convenience of explanation in terms of
the puncturing and the additional
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parity. That is, the group-wise interleaving pattern may be considered as one
pattern without being divided into
the first pattern and the second pattern. In this case, the group-wise
interleaving may be considered as being
performed with one pattern both for the puncturing and the additional parity.
The values used in the foregoing example such as the number of punctured LDPC
parity bits are only
example values.
The zero removers 218 and 321 may remove zero bits padded by the zero padders
213 and 314 from the
LDPC codewords output from the puncturers 217 and 318, and output the
remaining bits to the bit
demultiplexers 219 and 322.
Here, the removal does not only remove the padded zero bits but also may
include outputting the
remaining bits other than the padded zero bits in the LDPC codewords.
In detail, the zero removers 218 and 321 may remove Kmpc-Nouter zero bits
padded by the zero padders
213 and 314. Therefore, the Kmpc-Nouter padded zero bits are removed, and
thus, may not be transmitted to the
receiver 200.
For example, as illustrated in FIG. 55, it is assumed that all bits of a first
bit group, a fourth bit group, a
fifth bit group, a seventh bit group, and an eighth bit group among a
plurality of bit groups configuring an LDPC
codeword are padded by zero bits, and some bits of the second bit group are
padded by zero bits.
In this case, the zero removers 218 and 321 may remove the zero bits padded to
the first bit group, the
second bit group, the fourth bit group, the fifth bit group, the seventh bit
group, and the eighth bit group.
As such, when zero bits are removed, as illustrated in FIG. 55, an LDPC
codeword formed of Ksig
information bits (that is, Ksig Li-basic signaling bits and Ksig Ll-detail
signaling bits), 168 BCH parity check bits
(that is, BCH FEC), and Ninner-Kddpc-Npunc or Ninner-Kldpc-Npunc+Nrepeat
parity bits may remain.
That is, when repetition is performed, the lengths of all the LDPC codewords
become NFEC Nrepeat=
Here, NFEC = Nouter+Nldpc_parity-Npunc. However, in a mode in which the
repetition is not performed, the lengths of
all the LDPC codewords become NFEC.
The bit demultiplexers 219 and 322 may interleave the bits output from the
zero removers 218 and 321,
demultiplex the interleaved bits, and then output them to the constellation
mappers 221 and 324.
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For this purpose, the bit demultiplexers 219 and 322 may include a block
interleaver (not illustrated)
and a demultiplexer (not illustrated).
First, a block interleaving scheme performed in the block interleaver is
illustrated in FIG. 56.
In detail, the bits of the NFEc or NFEC Nrepeat length after the zero bits are
removed may be column-
wisely serially written in the block interleaver. Here, the number of columns
of the block interleaver is
equivalent to the modulation order and the number of rows is NFEchimoD or
(NFEc+Nrepeat)himoD.
Further, in a read operation, bits for one constellation symbol may be
sequentially read in a row
direction to be input to the demultiplexer. The operation may be continued to
the last row of the column.
That is, the NFEc or (NFEc+Nrepeat) bits may be written in a plurality of
columns in a column direction
from the first row of the first column, and the bits written in the plurality
of columns are sequentially read from
the first row to the last row of the plurality of columns in a row direction.
In this case, the bits read in the same
row may configure one modulation symbol.
The demultiplexer may demultiplex the bits output from the block interleaver.
In detail, the demultiplexer may demultiplex each of the block-interleaved bit
groups, that is, the bits
output while being read in the same row of the block interleaver within the
bit group bit-by-bit, before the bits
are mapped to constellation.
In this case, two mapping rules may be present according to the modulation
order.
In detail, when QPSK is used for modulation, since reliability of bits within
a constellation symbol is
the same, the demultiplexer does not perform the demultiplexing operation on a
bit group. Therefore, the bit
group read and output from the block interleaver may be mapped to a QPSK
symbol without the demultiplexing
operation.
However, when high order modulation is used, the demultiplexer may perform
demultiplexing on a bit
group read and output from the block interleaver based on following Equation
36. That is, a bit group may be
mapped to a QAM symbol depending on following Equation 36.
S dennoc_ino) = {1) (0),b1 (1),bE (2)¨ =,b (rtmoo-1 )1,
S tierri.x cow) = {Ci (0),C C (2). ihmocrl
C1 (0)=b1 Artmcc),c, (1)=b, ((k-1)%r00),..4c hmeD-1)=b, ((+n m00-1)%11 m0E)
... (36)
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In above Equation 36, % represents a modulo operation, and iimoD is a
modulation order.
Further, i is a bit group index corresponding to a row index of the block
interleaver. That is, an output
bit group Sde. out(i) mapped to each of the QAM symbols may be cyclic-shifted
in an &Iem ill(i) according to the
bit group index i.
FIG. 57 illustrates an example of performing bit demultiplexing on 16-non
uniform constellation (16-
NUC), that is, NUC 16-QAM. The operation may be continued until all bit groups
are read in the block
interleaver.
The bit demultiplexer 323 may perform the same operation, as the operations
performed by the bit
demultiplexers 219 and 322, on the additional parity bits output from the
additional parity generator 319, and
output the block-interleaved and demultiplexed bits to the constellation
mapper 325.
The constellation mappers 221, 324 and 325 may map the bits output from the
bit demultiplexers 219,
322 and 323 to constellation symbols, respectively.
That is, each of the constellation mappers 221, 324 and 325 may map the Sdem
out(i) to a cell word using
constellation according to a corresponding mode. Here, the Sdemux out(i) may
be configured of bits having the
same number as the modulation order.
In detail, the constellation mappers 221, 324 and 325 may map bits output from
the bit demultiplexers
219, 322 and 323 to constellation symbols using QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, the 256-
QAM, etc., according to a
corresponding mode.
In this case, the constellation mappers 221, 324 and 325 may use the NUC. That
is, the constellation
mappers 221, 324 and 325 may use NUC 16-QAM, NUC 64-QAM or NUC 256-QAM. The
modulation scheme
applied to the Li-basic signaling and the L 1-detail signaling according to a
corresponding mode is shown in
above Table 4.
The transmitter 100 may map the constellation symbols to a frame and transmit
the mapped symbols to
the receiver 200.
In detail, the transmitter 100 may map the constellation symbols corresponding
to each of the Li-basic
signaling and the Li-detail signaling output from the constellation mappers
221 and 324, and map the
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constellation symbols corresponding to the additional parity bits output from
the constellation mapper 325 to a
preamble symbol of a frame.
In this case, the transmitter 100 may map the additional parity bits generated
based on the L 1-detail
signaling transmitted in the current frame to a frame before the current
frame.
That is, the transmitter 100 may map the LDPC codeword bits including the Li-
basic signaling
corresponding to the (i-1)-th frame to the (i-1)-th frame, maps the LDPC
codeword bits including the L 1-detail
signaling corresponding to the (i-1)-th frame to the (i-1)-th frame, and
additionally map the additional parity bits
generated selected from the LDPC parity bits generated based on the L 1-detail
signaling corresponding to the i-
th frame to the (i-1)-th frame and may transmit the mapped bits to the
receiver 200.
In addition, the transmitter 100 may map data to the data symbols of the frame
in addition to the Li
signaling and transmit the frame including the Li signaling and the data to
the receiver 200.
In this case, since the Li signalings include signaling information about the
data, the signaling about the
data mapped to each data may be mapped to a preamble of a corresponding frame.
For example, the transmitter
100 may map the Li signaling including the signaling information about the
data mapped to the i-th frame to the
i-th frame.
As a result, the receiver 200 may use the signaling obtained from the frame to
receive the data from the
corresponding frame for processing.
FIGs. 58 and 59 are block diagrams for describing a configuration of a
receiver according to an
exemplary embodiment.
In detail, as illustrated in FIG. 58, the receiver 200 may include a
constellation demapper 2510, a
multiplexer 2520, a Log Likelihood Ratio (LLR) inserter 2530, an LLR combiner
2540, a parity depermutator
2550, an LDPC decoder 2560, a zero remover 2570, a BCH decoder 2580, and a
descrambler 2590 to process the
Li-basic signaling.
Further, as illustrated in FIG. 59, the receiver 200 may include constellation
demappers 2611 and 2612,
multiplexers 2621 and 2622, an LLR inserter 2630, an LLR combiner 2640, a
parity depermutator 2650, an
LDPC decoder 2660, a zero remover 2670, a BCH decoder 2680, a descrambler
2690, and a desegmenter 2695
to process the Li-detail signaling.
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Here, the components illustrated in FIGs. 58 and 59 performing functions
corresponding to the
functions of the components illustrated in FIGs. 42 and 43, respectively,
which is only an example, and in some
cases, some of the components may be omitted and changed and other components
may be added.
The receiver 200 may acquire frame synchronization using a bootstrap of a
frame and receive Li-basic
signaling from a preamble of the frame using information for processing the Li-
basic signaling included in the
bootstrap.
Further, the receiver 200 may receive L 1-detail signaling from the preamble
using information for
processing the Li -detail signaling included in the Li-basic signaling, and
receive broadcasting data required by a
user from data symbols of the frame using the Li -detail signaling.
Therefore, the receiver 200 may determine a mode of used at the transmitter
100 to process the Li-basic
signaling and the Li-detail signaling, and process a signal received from the
transmitter 100 according to the
determined mode to receive the Li-basic signaling and the Li-detail signaling.
For this purpose, the receiver
200 may pre-store information about parameters used at the transmitter 100 to
process the signaling according to
corresponding modes.
As such, the Li-basic signaling and the Li-detail signaling may be
sequentially acquired from the
preamble. In describing FIGs. 58 and 59, components performing common
functions will be described together
for convenience of explanation.
The constellation demappers 2510, 2611 and 2612 demodulate a signal received
from the transmitter
100.
In detail, the constellation demappers 2510, 2611 and 2612 are components
corresponding to the
constellation mappers 221, 324 and 325 of the transmitter 100, respectively,
and may demodulate the signal
received from the transmitter 100 and generate values corresponding to bits
transmitted from the transmitter 100.
That is, as described above, the transmitter 100 maps an LDPC codeword
including the Li-basic
signaling and the LDPC codeword including the Li-detail signaling to the
preamble of a frame, and transmits the
mapped LDPC codeword to the receiver 200. Further, in some cases, the
transmitter 100 may map additional
parity bits to the preamble of a frame and transmit the mapped bits to the
receiver 200.
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As a result, the constellation demappers 2510 and 2611 may generate values
corresponding to the
LDPC codeword bits including the Li-basic signaling and the LDPC codeword bits
including the Li-detail
signaling. Further, the constellation demapper 2612 may generate values
corresponding to the additional parity
bits.
For this purpose, the receiver 200 may pre-store information about a
modulation scheme used by the
transmitter 100 to modulate the Li-basic signaling, the L 1-detail signaling,
and the additional parity bits
according to corresponding modes. Therefore, the constellation demappers 2510,
2611 and 2612 may
demodulate the signal received from the transmitter 100 according to the
corresponding modes to generate
values corresponding to the LDPC codeword bits and the additional parity bits.
The value corresponding to a bit transmitted from the transmitter 100 is a
value calculated based on
probability that a received bit is 0 and 1, and instead, the probability
itself may also be used as a value
corresponding to each bit. The value may also be a Likelihood Ratio (LR) or an
LLR value as another example.
In detail, an LR value may represent a ratio of probability that a bit
transmitted from the transmitter 100
is 0 and probability that the bit is 1, and an LLR value may represent a value
obtained by taking a log on
probability that the bit transmitted from the transmitter 100 is 0 and
probability that the bit is 1.
The foregoing example uses the LR value or the LLR value, which is only one
example. According to
another exemplary embodiment, the received signal itself rather than the LR or
LLR value may also be used.
The multiplexers 2520, 2621 and 2622 perform multiplexing on LLR values output
from the
constellation demappers 2510, 2611 and 2612.
In detail, the multiplexers 2520, 2621 and 2622 are components corresponding
to the bit demultiplexers
219, 322 and 323 of the transmitter 100, and may perform operations
corresponding to the operations of the bit
demultiplexers 219, 322 and 323, respectively.
For this purpose, the receiver 200 may pre-store information about parameters
used for the transmitter
100 to perform demultiplexing and block interleaving. Therefore, the
multiplexers 2520, 2621 and 2622 may
reversely perform the demultiplexing and block interleaving operations of the
bit demultiplexers 219, 322 and
323 on the LLR value corresponding to a cell word to multiplex the LLR value
corresponding to the cell word in
a bit unit.
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The LLR inserters 2530 and 2630 may insert LLR values for the puncturing and
shortening bits into the
LLR values output from the multiplexers 2520 and 2621, respectively. In this
case, the LLR inserters 2530 and
2630 may insert predetermined LLR values between the LLR values output from
the multiplexers 2520 and 2621
or a head portion or an end portion thereof.
In detail, the LLR inserters 2530 and 2630 are components corresponding to the
zero removers 218 and
321 and the puncturers 217 and 318 of the transmitter 100, respectively, and
may perform operations
corresponding to the operations of the zero removers 218 and 321 and the
puncturers 217 and 318, respectively.
First, the LLR inserters 2530 and 2630 may insert LLR values corresponding to
zero bits into a position
where the zero bits in an LDPC codeword are padded. In this case, the LLR
values corresponding to the padded
zero bits, that is, the shortened zero bits may be co or -09. However, co or -
09 are a theoretical value but may
actually be a maximum value or a minimum value of the LLR value used in the
receiver 200.
For this purpose, the receiver 200 may pre-store information about parameters
and/or patterns used for
the transmitter 100 to pad the zero bits according to corresponding modes.
Therefore, the LLR inserters 2530
and 2630 may determine positions where the zero bits in the LDPC codewords are
padded according to the
corresponding modes, and insert the LLR values corresponding to the shortened
zero bits into corresponding
positions.
Further, the LLR inserters 2530 and 2630 may insert the LLR values
corresponding to the punctured
bits into the positions of the punctured bits in the LDPC codeword. In this
case, the LLR values corresponding
to the punctured bits may be 0.
For this purpose, the receiver 200 may pre-store information about parameters
and/or patterns used for
the transmitter 100 to perform puncturing according to corresponding modes.
Therefore, the LLR inserters 2530
and 2630 may determine the lengths of the punctured LDPC parity bits according
to the corresponding modes,
and insert corresponding LLR values into the positions where the LDPC parity
bits are punctured.
When the additional parity bits selected from the punctured bits among the
additional parity bits, the
LLR inserter 2630 may insert LLR values corresponding to the received
additional parity bits, not an LLR value
'0' for the punctured bit, into the positions of the punctured bits.
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The LLR combiners 2540 and 2640 may combine, that is, a sum the LLR values
output from the LLR
inserters 2530 and 2630 and the LLR value output from the multiplexer 2622.
However, the LLR combiners
2540 and 2640 serve to update LLR values for specific bits into more correct
values. However, the LLR values
for the specific bits may also be decoded from the received LLR values without
the LLR combiners 2540 and
2640, and therefore, in some cases, the LLR combiners 2540 and 2640 may be
omitted.
In detail, the LLR combiner 2540 is a component corresponding to the repeater
216 of the transmitter
100, and may perform an operation corresponding to the operation of the
repeater 216. Alternatively, the LLR
combiner 2640 is a component corresponding to the repeater 317 and the
additional parity generator 319 of the
transmitter 100, and may perform operations corresponding to the operations of
the repeater 317 and the
additional parity generator 319.
First, the LLR combiners 2540 and 2640 may combine LLR values corresponding to
the repetition bits
with other LLR values. Here, the other LLR values may be bits which are a
basis of generating the repetition
bits by the transmitter 100, that is, LLR values for the LDPC parity bits
selected as the repeated object.
That is, as described above, the transmitter 100 selects bits from the LDPC
parity bits and repeats the
selected bits between the LDPC information bits and the LDPC parity bits
generated by LDPC encoding, and
transmits the repetition bits to the receiver 200.
As a result, the LLR values for the LDPC parity bits may be formed of the LLR
values for the repeated
LDPC parity bits and the LLR values for the non-repeated LDPC parity bits,
that is, the LDPC parity bits
generated by the LDPC encoding. Therefore, the LLR combiners 2540 and 2640 may
combine the LLR values
for the same LDPC parity bits.
For this purpose, the receiver 200 may pre-store information about parameters
used for the transmitter
100 to perform the repetition according to corresponding modes. As a result,
the LLR combiners 2540 and 2640
may determine the lengths of the repeated LDPC parity bits, determine the
positions of the bits which are a basis
of the repetition, and combine the LLR values for the repeated LDPC parity
bits with the LLR values for the
LDPC parity bits which are a basis of the repetition and generated by the LDPC
encoding.
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For example, as illustrated in FIGs. 60 and 61, the LLR combiners 2540 and
2640 may combine LLR
values for repeated LDPC parity bits with LLR values for LDPC parity bits
which are a basis of the repetition
and generated by the LDPC encoding.
When LPDC parity bits are repeated n times, the LLR combiners 2540 and 2640
may combine LLR
values for bits at the same position at n times or less.
For example, FIG. 60 illustrates a case in which some of LDPC parity bits
other than punctured bits are
repeated once. In this case, the LLR combiners 2540 and 2640 may combine LLR
values for the repeated LDPC
parity bits with LLR values for the LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC
encoding, and then, output the
combined LLR values or output the LLR values for the received repeated LDPC
parity bits or the LLR values for
the received LDPC parity bits generated by the LDPC encoding without combining
them.
As another example, FIG. 61 illustrates a case in which some of the
transmitted LDPC parity bits,
which are not punctured, are repeated twice, the remaining portion is repeated
once, and the punctured LDPC
parity bits are repeated once.
In this case, the LLR combiners 2540 and 2640 may process the remaining
portion and the punctured
bits which are repeated once by the same scheme as described above. However,
the LLR combiners 2540 and
2640 may process the portion repeated twice as follows. In this case, for
convenience of description, one of the
two portions generated by repeating some of the LDPC parity bits twice is
referred to as a first portion and the
other is referred to as the second portion.
In detail, the LLR combiners 2540 and 2640 may combine LLR values for each of
the first and second
portions with LLR values for the LDPC parity bits. Alternatively, the LLR
combiners 2540 and 2640 may
combine the LLR values for the first portion with the LLR values for the LDPC
parity bits, combine the LLR
values for the second portion with the LLR values for the LDPC parity bits, or
combine the LLR values for the
first portion with the LLR values for the second portion. Alternatively, the
LLR combiners 2540 and 2640 may
output the LLR values for the first portion, the LLR values for the second
portion, the LLR values for the
remaining portion, and punctured bits, without separate combination.
Further, the LLR combiner 2640 may combine LLR values corresponding to
additional parity bits with
other LLR values. Here, the other LLR values may be the LDPC parity bits which
are a basis of the generation
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of the additional parity bits by the transmitter 100, that is, the LLR values
for the LDPC parity bits selected for
generation of the additional parity bits.
That is, as described above, the transmitter 100 may map additional parity
bits for Li-detail signaling
transmitted in a current frame to a previous frame and transmit the mapped
bits to the receiver 200.
In this case, the additional parity bits may include LDPC parity bits which
are punctured and are not
transmitted in the current frame, and in some cases, may further include LDPC
parity bits transmitted in the
current frame.
As a result, the LLR combiner 2640 may combine LLR values for the additional
parity bits received
through the current frame with LLR values inserted into the positions of the
punctured LDPC parity bits in the
LDPC codeword received through the next frame and LLR values for the LDPC
parity bits received through the
next frame.
For this purpose, the receiver 200 may pre-store information about parameters
and/or patterns used for
the transmitter 100 to generate the additional parity bits according to
corresponding modes. As a result, the LLR
combiner 2640 may determine the lengths of the additional parity bits,
determine the positions of the LDPC
parity bits which are a basis of generation of the additional parity bits, and
combine the LLR values for the
additional parity bits with the LLR values for the LDPC parity bits which are
a basis of generation of the
additional parity bits.
The parity depermutators 2550 and 2650 may depermutate the LLR values output
from the LLR
combiners 2540 and 2640, respectively.
In detail, the parity depermutators 2550 and 2650 are components corresponding
to the parity
permutators 215 and 316 of the transmitter 100, and may perform operations
corresponding to the operations of
the parity permutators 215 and 316, respectively.
For this purpose, the receiver 200 may pre-store information about parameters
and/or patterns used for
the transmitter 100 to perform group-wise interleaving and parity interleaving
according to corresponding modes.
Therefore, the parity depermutators 2550 and 2650 may reversely perform the
group-wise interleaving and parity
interleaving operations of the parity permutators 215 and 316 on the LLR
values corresponding to the LDPC
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codeword bits, that is, perform group-wise deinterleaving and parity
deinterleaving operations to perform the
parity depermutation on the LLR values corresponding to the LDPC codeword
bits, respectively.
The LDPC decoders 2560 and 2660 may perform LDPC decoding based on the LLR
values output from
the parity depermutators 2550 and 2650, respectively.
In detail, the LDPC decoders 2560 and 2660 are components corresponding to the
LDPC encoders 214
and 315 of the transmitter 100 and may perform operations corresponding to the
operations of the LDPC
encoders 214 and 315, respectively.
For this purpose, the receiver 200 may pre-store information about parameters
used for the transmitter
100 to perform the LDPC encoding according to corresponding modes. Therefore,
the LDPC decoders 2560 and
may perform the LDPC decoding based on the LLR values output from the parity
depermutators 2550 and 2650
according to the corresponding modes.
For example, the LDPC decoders 2560 and 2660 may perform the LDPC decoding
based on the LLR
values output from the parity depermutators 2550 and 2650 by iterative
decoding based on a sum-product
algorithm and output error-corrected bits depending on the LDPC decoding.
The zero removers 2570 and 2670 may remove zero bits from the bits output from
the LDPC decoders
2560 and 2660, respectively.
In detail, the zero removers 2570 and 2670 are components corresponding to the
zero padders 213 and
314 of the transmitter 100, and may perform operations corresponding to the
operations of the zero padders 213
and 314, respectively.
For this purpose, the receiver 200 may pre-store information about parameters
and/or patterns used for
the transmitter 100 to pad the zero bits according to corresponding modes. As
a result, the zero removers 2570
and 2670 may remove the zero bits padded by the zero padders 213 and 314 from
the bits output from the LDPC
decoders 2560 and 2660, respectively.
The BCH decoders 2580 and 2680 may perform BCH decoding on the bits output
from the zero
removers 2570 and 2670, respectively.
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In detail, the BCH decoders 2580 and 2680 are components corresponding to the
BCH encoders 212
and 313 of the transmitter 100, and may perform operations corresponding to
the operations of the BCH
encoders 212 and 313, respectively.
For this purpose, the receiver 200 may pre-store the information about
parameters used for the
transmitter 100 to perform BCH encoding. As a result, the BCH decoders 2580
and 2680 may correct errors by
performing the BCH decoding on the bits output from the zero removers 2570 and
2670 and output the error-
corrected bits.
The descramblers 2590 and 2690 may descramble the bits output from the BCH
decoders 2580 and
2680, respectively.
In detail, the descramblers 2590 and 2690 are components corresponding to the
scramblers 211 and 312
of the transmitter 100, and may perform operations corresponding to the
operations of the scramblers 211 and
312.
For this purpose, the receiver 200 may pre-store information about parameters
used for the transmitter
100 to perform scrambling. As a result, the descramblers 2590 and 2690 may
descramble the bits output from
the BCH decoders 2580 and 2680 and output them, respectively.
As a result, Li-basic signaling transmitted from the transmitter 100 may be
recovered. Further, when
the transmitter 100 does not perform segmentation on Li-detail signaling, the
Li-detail signaling transmitted
from the transmitter 100 may also be recovered.
However, when the transmitter 100 performs the segmentation on the Li-detail
signaling, the
desegmenter 2695 may desegment the bits output from the descrambler 2690.
In detail, the desegmenter 2695 is a component corresponding to the segmenter
311 of the transmitter
100, and may perform an operation corresponding to the operation of the
segmenter 311.
For this purpose, the receiver 200 may pre-store information about parameters
used for the transmitter
100 to perform the segmentation. As a result, the desegmenter 2695 may combine
the bits output from the
descrambler 2690, that is, the segments for the Li-detail signaling to recover
the Li-detail signaling before the
segmentation.
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The information about the length of the Li signaling is provided as
illustrated in FIG. 62. Therefore,
the receiver 200 may calculate the length of the Li -detail signaling and the
length of the additional parity bits.
Referring to FIG. 62, since the Li-basic signaling provides information about
Li-detail total cells, the
receiver 200 needs to calculate the length of the Li -detail signaling and the
lengths of the additional parity bits.
In detail, when L1B_Ll_Detail_additional_parity_mode of the Li-basic signaling
is not 0, since the
information on the given L1B_Ll_Detail_total_cells represents a total cell
length (= Nu detail total cells), the
receiver 200 may calculate the length NL1 detail cells of the L 1-detail
signaling and the length NAP total cells of the
additional parity bits based on following Equations 37 to 40.
CHAO' N repeat+ Nldpe_parky - puroc NFEC
IThi OD rt MOD
... (37)
N11 LID calls¨ ' FEBRAME , IL' FEC cells
... (38)
AP 17,41 "
IN1.0õ11 N Ogill c115
... (39)
In this case, based on above Equations 37 to 39, an NAP total cells value may
be obtained based on an
NIA detail total cells value which may be obtained from the information about
the L1B_Ll_Detail_total_cells of the
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Li-basic signaling, NEEc, the NL1D FECFRAME, and the modulation order IimoD.
As an example, NAp total cells may be
calculated based on following Equation 40.
N
NAP Mel cells 7-11 N Ll detail Mal cells - N LID X ________
FECFF111111[ ,
1.4 I NI MEI
I-LMOD
... (40)
A syntax, and field semantics of the Li-basic signaling field are as following
Table 13.
[Table 13]
Syntax # of bits Format
Ll_Basic_signaling0
Li B_Ll Detail size bits 6 ulnisbf
Li B Li Detail fec type 3 uims bf I
_ _ _ _ .
Li B LI Detail additional_parity_mode 2 uiimsbf
L1B Li Detail total cells 19 uimsbf
Li B Reserved ? uimsbf
L.1 B orc 32 uimsbf
As a result, the receiver 200 may perform an operation of a receiver for the
additional parity bits in a
next frame based on the additional parity bits transmitted to the NAP total
cells cell among the received Li detail
cells.
FIG. 63 is a flow chart for describing a method for generating additional
parity bits according to an
exemplary embodiment.
First, input bits including outer encoded bits are encoded to generate parity
bits (S6210) and some of
the parity bits are punctured (S6220).
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Further, at least some of the parity bits are selected to generate additional
parity bits transmitted in a
previous frame (S6230).
In this case, the number of additional parity bits to be generated may be
determined based on the
number of outer encoded bits transmitted in a current frame and the number of
remaining parity bits after the
puncturing.
The method may further include repeating at least some bits of the LDPC
codeword in the LDPC
codeword to repeat at least some bits of the LDPC codeword formed of the input
bits and the parity bits in the
current frame and transmit them.
In this case, when the repetition is performed, the number of additional
parity bits to be generated may
be determined based on the number of outer encoded bits transmitted in the
current frame, the number of
remaining parity bits after the puncturing, and the number of bits repeated in
the current frame.
Further, the number of additional parity bits to be generated is calculated
based on a temporary number
NAP temp of the additional parity bits to be generated which is calculated
based on above Equation 8, and in detail
may be calculated based on above Equation 10.
The detailed method for generating additional parity bits is as described
above.
FIG. 64 is a diagram illustrating performance on a case in which the
additional parity bits are used and a
case in which they are not used, according to an exemplary embodiment.
In FIG. 64, when the lengths of the Li-detail signaling each are 2000, 3000,
and 4000, the case (a dot
line) in which the additional parity bits are not used and the case (a solid
line) in which the additional parity bits
are used represent a frame error rate (FER), and it may be appreciated that a
coding gain and a diversity gain
(slope) may be obtained when the additional parity bits are used.
A non-transitory computer readable medium in which a program performing the
various methods
described above are stored may be provided according to an exemplary
embodiment. The non-transitory
computer readable medium is not a medium that stores data therein for a while,
such as a register, a cache, a
memory, or the like, but means a medium that at least semi-permanently stores
data therein and is readable by a
device such as a microprocessor. In detail, various applications or programs
described above may be stored and
provided in the non-transitory computer readable medium such as a compact disk
(CD), a digital versatile disk
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(DVD), a hard disk, a Blu-ray disk, a universal serial bus (USB), a memory
card, a read only memory (ROM), or
the like.
At least one of the components, elements, modules or units represented by a
block as illustrated in
FIGs. 1, 42, 43, 58 and 59 may be embodied as various numbers of hardware,
software and/or firmware
structures that execute respective functions described above, according to an
exemplary embodiment. For
example, at least one of these components, elements, modules or units may use
a direct circuit structure, such as
a memory, a processor, a logic circuit, a look-up table, etc. that may execute
the respective functions through
controls of one or more microprocessors or other control apparatuses. Also, at
least one of these components,
elements, modules or units may be specifically embodied by a module, a
program, or a part of code, which
contains one or more executable instructions for performing specified logic
functions, and executed by one or
more microprocessors or other control apparatuses. Also, at least one of these
components, elements, modules
or units may further include or implemented by a processor such as a central
processing unit (CPU) that
performs the respective functions, a microprocessor, or the like. Two or more
of these components, elements,
modules or units may be combined into one single component, element, module or
unit which performs all
operations or functions of the combined two or more components, elements,
modules or units. Also, at least part
of functions of at least one of these components, elements, modules or units
may be performed by another of
these components, elements, modules or units. Further, although a bus is not
illustrated in the above block
diagrams, communication between the components, elements, modules or units may
be performed through the
bus. Functional aspects of the above exemplary embodiments may be implemented
in algorithms that execute on
one or more processors. Furthermore, the components, elements, modules or
units represented by a block or
processing steps may employ any number of related art techniques for
electronics configuration, signal
processing and/or control, data processing and the like.
Although the exemplary embodiments of inventive concept have been illustrated
and described
hereinabove, the inventive concept is not limited to the above-mentioned
exemplary embodiments, but may be
variously modified by those skilled in the art to which the inventive concept
pertains without departing from the
scope and spirit of the inventive concept as disclosed in the accompanying
claims. For example, the exemplary
embodiments are described in relation with BCH encoding and decoding and LDPC
encoding and decoding.
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However, these embodiments do not limit the inventive concept to only a
particular encoding and decoding, and
instead, the inventive concept may be applied to different types of encoding
and decoding with necessary
modifications. These modifications should also be understood to fall within
the scope of the inventive concept.
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