Quasi-cyclic LDPC (QC-LDPC) code

Quasi-cyclic LDPC (QC-LDPC) code[2–8][1; Appx. C]

Description

LDPC code that can be put into quasi-cyclic form. Its parity check matrix can be put into the form of a block matrix consisting of either circulant permutation sub-matrices or the zero sub-matrix. Such codes are often constructed by lifting certain protographs into such block matrices [9]. Their simple structure makes them useful for several wireless communication standards.

Protection

Minimum-distance upper bounds exist [10,11].

Realizations

5G NR cellular communication for the traffic channel [12,13].Wireless communication: WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e) [14–16], WiFi 4 (IEEE 802.11n) [17], and WPAN (IEEE 802.15.3c) [18].

Parents

Children

Array-based LDPC (AB-LDPC) code
Block LDPC (B-LDPC) code
Difference-set cyclic (DSC) code
Cycle LDPC code — Cycle LDPC codes form a class of regular QC LDPC codes [19].

Cousins

LDPC convolutional code (LDPC-CC) — QC-LDPC codes can be unwrapped to obtain LDPC-CCs by expressing each circulant matrix block as a power of some generating circulant matrix and replacing that generating matrix by the shift operator of the convolutional code [20].
Repeat-accumulate (RA) code — There exist quasi-cyclic versions of RA codes [21].
Finite-geometry LDPC (FG-LDPC) code — Many FG-LDPC codes can be put into quasi-cyclic form [22,23][24; pg. 286].

References

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[9]: I. E. Bocharova et al., “Searching for Voltage Graph-Based LDPC Tailbiting Codes With Large Girth”, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 58, 2265 (2012) arXiv:1108.0840 DOI
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[13]: M. V. Patil, S. Pawar, and Z. Saquib, “Coding Techniques for 5G Networks: A Review”, 2020 3rd International Conference on Communication System, Computing and IT Applications (CSCITA) (2020) DOI
[14]: LDPC coding for OFDMA PHY. 802.16REVe Sponsor Ballot Recirculation comment, July 2004. IEEE C802.16e04/141r2
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[16]: G. Falcão et al., “High coded data rate and multicodeword WiMAX LDPC decoding on Cell/BE”, Electronics Letters 44, 1415 (2008) DOI
[17]: Xiao Han, Kai Niu, and Zhiqiang He, “Implementation of IEEE 802.11n LDPC codes based on general purpose processors”, 2013 15th IEEE International Conference on Communication Technology (2013) DOI
[18]: W. Zhang et al., “A full layer parallel QC-LDPC decoder for WiMAX and Wi-Fi”, 2015 IEEE 11th International Conference on ASIC (ASICON) (2015) DOI
[19]: R. M. Tanner et al., “LDPC Block and Convolutional Codes Based on Circulant Matrices”, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 50, 2966 (2004) DOI
[20]: R. M. Tanner et al., “LDPC Block and Convolutional Codes Based on Circulant Matrices”, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 50, 2966 (2004) DOI
[21]: M. R. Tanner, "On quasi-cyclic repeat-accumulate codes." PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL ALLERTON CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATION CONTROL AND COMPUTING. Vol. 37. The University; 1998, 1999.
[22]: Y. Kou, S. Lin, and M. P. C. Fossorier, “Low-density parity-check codes based on finite geometries: a rediscovery and new results”, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 47, 2711 (2001) DOI
[23]: Heng Tang et al., “Codes on finite geometries”, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 51, 572 (2005) DOI
[24]: Latin Squares and Their Applications (Elsevier, 2015) DOI

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“Quasi-cyclic LDPC (QC-LDPC) code”, The Error Correction Zoo (V. V. Albert & P. Faist, eds.), 2023. https://errorcorrectionzoo.org/c/qc_ldpc

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