167results about "Coding bounds" patented technology

Techniques for implementing message passing decoders, e.g., LDPC decoders, are described. To facilitate hardware implementation messages are quantized to integer multiples of ½ ln2. Messages are transformed between more compact variable and less compact constraint node message representation formats. The variable node message format allows variable node message operations to be performed through simple additions and subtractions while the constraint node representation allows constraint node message processing to be performed through simple additions and subtractions. Variable and constraint nodes are implemented using an accumulator module, subtractor module and delay pipeline. The accumulator module generates an accumulated message sum. The accumulated message sum for a node is stored and then delayed input messages from the delay pipeline are subtracted there from to generate output messages. The delay pipeline includes a variable delay element making it possible to sequentially perform processing operations corresponding to nodes of different degrees.

An approach is provided for bit labeling of a signal constellation. A transmitter generates encoded signals using, according to one embodiment, a structured parity check matrix of a Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) code. The transmitter includes an encoder for transforming an input message into a codeword represented by a plurality of set of bits. The transmitter includes logic for mapping non-sequentially (e.g., interleaving) one set of bits into a higher order constellation (Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK), 8-PSK, 16-APSK (Amplitude Phase Shift Keying), 32-APSK, etc.), wherein a symbol of the higher order constellation corresponding to the one set of bits is output based on the mapping.

The present invention relates to a method and an arrangement for communicating packet information in a digital telecommunications system. Through the invention is selected a set of designated communication resources (ch1-chn) from an available amount of resources. Every packet (P) is forward error correction encoded into an encoded packet (Pci), via one of at least two different coding schemes (ci), prior to being transmitted to a receiving party, over the designated communication resources (ch1-chn). An estimated transmission time is calculated for all combinations of coding scheme (ci) and relevant distribution (dj) of the encoded data blocks (B1-BΓ), in the encoded packet (Pci) over the set of designated communication resources (ch1-chn), and the combination (ci,dj) is selected, which minimises the estimated transmission time.

Methods and apparatus for designing spherical lattice codebooks for use in data transmission systems are provided. A spherical lattice codebook is constructed by determining the channel statistics of one or more channels, which can be accomplished by observing a sufficiently large set of channel realizations. After determining the channel statistics, an expression for the error probability of the decoder or expressions for bounds on the error probability and expressions for the corresponding gradients are determined. The gradient is then used in an optimization technique to produce a spherical lattice codebook which is subsequently used for transmission.

The present invention is a bit error rate tester that may operate on network paths having devices that add or drop idles within a transmitted bit sequence. In particular, the bit sequence determines whether a received bit sequence is synchronized. If the received sequence is not synchronized or if a certain event / threshold is reached, then the bit error rate tester re-synchronizes the sequence prior to analysis. Also, the bit error rate detector is able to operate on high-speed networks and provide bit granularity measurements.

A qubit generating unit 40 generates a qubit having a predetermined quantum state. A qubit encoding unit 70 performs quantum encoding of the generated qubit. A first pseudo-random number generating unit 60 generates a first pseudo-random number from secretly shared information 3 which has been secretly shared with the quantum receiving device 200 in advance. A quantum modulator 80 performs quantum modulation of the qubit on which quantum encoding has been performed based on the first pseudo-random number and sends the modulated qubit to the quantum receiving device 200. A second pseudo-random number generating unit 220 generates a second pseudo-random number from secretly shared information 21 which has been secretly shared with the above quantum sending device 100 in advance synchronously with generation of the above first pseudo-random number. A qubit demodulator 230 performs quantum demodulation of the qubit which has been received from the quantum demodulator 80 based on the second pseudo-random number.

A digital television transmitting system includes a pre-processor, a packet generator, an RS encoder, and a trellis encoder. The pre-processor pre-processes enhanced data by coding the enhanced data for first forward error correction (FEC) and expanding the FEC-coded enhanced data. The packet generator generates first and second enhanced data packets including the pre-processed enhanced data and main data packets and multiplexes the enhanced and main data packets. The first enhanced data packet includes an adaptation field including the pre-processed enhanced data and second enhanced data packet includes a payload region including the pre-processed enhanced data. The RS encoder performs RS encoding on the multiplexed data packets for second forward error correction (FEC), and the trellis encoder performs trellis encoding on the RS-coded data packets.

A method evaluates an error-correcting code for a data block of a finite size. An error-correcting code is defined by a parity check matrix, wherein columns represent variable bits and rows represent parity bits. The parity check matrix is represented as a bipartite graph. A single node in the bipartite graph is iteratively renormalized until the number of nodes in the bipartite graph is less than a predetermine threshold. During the iterative renormalization, a particular variable node is selected as a target node, and a distance between the target node and every other node in the bipartite graph is measured. Then, if there is at least one leaf variable node, renormalize the leaf variable node farthest from the target node, otherwise, renormalize a leaf check node farthest from the target node, and otherwise renormalize a variable node farthest from the target node and having fewest directly connected check nodes. By evaluating many error-correcting codes according to the method, an optimal code according to selected criteria can be obtained.

In a Maximum A posteriori Probability decoding (MAP decoding), a correlation and a deviation of noises for past and future states which depend on input signal patterns in past N bits and future Q bits are calculated by training by a noise correlation arithmetic operating unit 84 and they are stored. Upon reproduction, in a white noise arithmetic operating unit 91, white noise values for the past and future states in which colored noises are converted into white noises are obtained by using the stored correlation and deviation of the noises. In an input signal arithmetic operating unit 92, an input signal (channel information) Λc(yk|Smk) of the MAP decoding is calculated from the white noise values and the deviation for the past and future states. A likelihood in the MAP decoding is obtained from the input signal.

In this parity data generating circuit, a Galois field multiplying calculation is realized by performing data conversion by index table information generated from a Galois field multiplying table so that data for RAID6 are generated. A table check circuit inspects nonconformity of the index table information in advance by using results in which the Galois field multiplying table is indexed from different directions constructed by the longitudinal direction and the transversal direction. Data and parity for making the multiplying calculation are decomposed into plural data and parities by using this table check circuit, and index table information different from each other are allocated to these data and parities. Thus, a longitudinal index table making circuit and a transversal index table making circuit themselves are checked.

A method and apparatus for generating and inserting bit errors in data words that have been encoded in a forward error correction (FEC) system in order to estimate power dissipation. In accordance with the present invention, it has been determined that a burst error generator that is capable of erroring the maximum number of correctable data bits in every FEC encoded frame, which allows the designer to accurately produce test vectors that are suitable for use in commercially available power estimation tools. In addition, after the IC is produced, the burst error generator of the present invention can be enabled to provide real-time FEC power dissipation data for use in system thermal modeling, thus obviating the need to use costly external devices that emulate a given error rate. Furthermore, the power dissipation data obtained in real-time may be used to refine the initial design power estimate, which will then allow the designer to develop a more accurate prediction of power consumption for future IC designs. Thus, the burst error generator of the present invention is capable of reducing iterations of IC designs by accurately estimating the worst-case power dissipation of FEC decoders.

In one embodiment, a memory controller comprises a cache line processing block for processing a cache line into a plurality of segments, an error correction code (ECC) generation block that forms ECC code words for each of the plurality of segments for storage in a plurality of memory components, an ECC correction block for correcting at least one single-byte erasure error in each erasure corrupted ECC code word retrieved from the plurality of memory components, and an error seeding block that enables a respective error to be inserted into each ECC code word of the cache line in response to a plurality of error registers.

The loss of packets in a communication system can be minimized in an optimal manner by adapting a set of error correction (EC) parameters in response to a calculated probability of packet loss. The calculated probability is obtained from derived algorithms that are applied to a set of communication parameters. Algorithms are derived from Bernoulli-distributed traffic models and constant bit rate (CBR) traffic models of the communication system. A collapsed-state model is used to derive a very efficient algorithm that calculates an approximate probability of packet loss. Alternate applications for the algorithms are also disclosed.

A test method for a semiconductor device that is provided with an ECC circuit that uses product code that is composed of a first code and a second code for implementing error correction of a memory, the test method includes steps of: obtaining first pass / fail determination results and second pass / fail determination results that are realized by independent correction operations based on the first code and the second code, respectively; recording the results in a first fail memory and a second fail memory, respectively; executing a prescribed logical operation such as an AND operation relating to the contents of the first fail memory and the contents of the second fail memory; and based on the results of the logical operation, remedying both fail bits and potential fail bits.

A method for calculating soft outputs of a detector used in a receiver that is part of a communication system having either memory introducing modulators or memoryless modulators. The output of a soft output detector, also known as reliability information, provides a probability that a certain symbol was transmitted by a transmitter of the communication system or the probability that a bit within a transmitted symbol was transmitted by a transmitter.

The loss of packets in a communication system can be minimized in an optimal manner by adapting a set of error correction (EC) parameters in response to a calculated probability of packet loss. The calculated probability is obtained from derived algorithms that are applied to a set of communication parameters. Algorithms are derived from Bernoulli-distributed traffic models and constant bit rate (CBR) traffic models of the communication system. A collapsed-state model is used to derive a very efficient algorithm that calculates an approximate probability of packet loss. Alternate applications for the algorithms are also disclosed.

A watermark in the form of an added message is attached to a digital recording so that a significant content of the recording is completely unchanged by the process in the sense that any reader commonly used for such recording will extract from the recording exactly what would have been extracted in the case the added message had not been attached. This is done by hiding the added message in the error correcting code (ECC) for the significant content of the recording.

Methods and an apparatus for enhancement of source coding systems utilizing high frequency reconstruction (HFR) are introduced. The problem of insufficient noise contents is addressed in a reconstructed highband, by using Adaptive Noise-floor Addition. New methods are also introduced for enhanced performance by means of limiting unwanted noise, interpolation and smoothing of envelope adjustment amplification factors. The methods and apparatus used are applicable to both speech coding and natural audio coding systems.

A semiconductor device includes a memory which stores data, an ECC circuit which corrects a bit error of data read out from the memory and generates correction data, a BIST circuit which tests the correction data output from the ECC circuit, and a pseudo error generator circuit which generates a pseudo error for at least one bit configuring the data read out from the memory and supplies the pseudo error to the ECC circuit in a test mode.

An encoder includes an outer repetition encoder, an interleaver for permuting encoding from said outer repetition encoder; and an inner encoder for encoding information from the interleaver to provide a repeat zigzag-Hadamard code. In an exemplary embodiment, a common bit of a zigzag-Hadamard segment of encoding from said inner encoder is a repetition of a last parity bit of a previous zigzag-Hadamard segment of encoding from said inner encoder and said common bit is punctured.

A method and device for providing error protection for a data bit stream in a digital telecommunications transmissions transmission system in order to reduce the bit error rate, characterized in that wherein, before channel coding, a multiplicity number of previously known dummy bits are inserted in a non-terminating fashion at predetermined bit positions in a primary data bit stream near to on both sides of information-carrying bits, in particular on both sides thereof.

A method of estimating the reliability of decoded message bits in a digital communications system is proposed. Message and tail bits are coded and transmitted across a communications channel. The coded message and tail bits are then decoded and it is determined that the decoded message bits have no error when the decoded tail bits have at least one error.

A method of determining optimal FEC configuration parameters, a communications controller, a communications link and a communications node is disclosed. In one embodiment, the communications controller, includes: (1) a processor, (2) a communications system information collector configured to receive operational information from a communications system having a block encoder, a block decoder and a decision feedback equalizer, (3) a code determiner configured to employ the operational information to select, from a set of candidate codes, a random error correction code or a burst error correction code that has a least error correction capability and satisfies a target performance specification for the communications system and (4) a parameter selector configured to select configuration parameters associated with the selected random error correction code or the selected burst error correction code and send the selected configuration parameters to the block encoder and the block decoder.