Encoder and encoding method providing incremental redundancy

• Main Authors: SAKAI LUI, YOKOKAWA TAKASHI, ROBERT JOERG, YAMAMOTO MAKIKO, STADELMEIER LOTHAR, ATUNGSIRI SAMUEL ASANGBENG, SHINOHARA YUJI, LOGHIN NABIL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.11.2014
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL; CODING; DECODING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

The present invention relates to an encoder for error correction code encoding input data words (D) into codewords (Z1, Z2), comprising: an encoder input (1451) for receiving input data words (D) each comprising a first number Kldpc of information symbols, an encoding means (1452) for encoding an input data word (D) into a codeword (Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4) such that a codeword comprises a basic codeword portion (B) including a data portion (D) and a basic parity portion (Pb) of a second number Nldpc−Kldpc of basic parity symbols, and an auxiliary codeword portion (A) including an auxiliary parity portion (Pa) of a third number MIR of auxiliary parity symbols, wherein said encoding means (14) is adapted i) for generating said basic codeword portion (B) from an input data word (D) according to a first code, wherein a basic parity symbol is generated by accumulating an information symbol at a parity symbol address determined according to a first address generation rule, and ii) for generating said auxiliary codeword portion (A) from an input data word (D) according to a second code, wherein an auxiliary parity symbol is generated by accumulating an information symbol m at a parity symbol address γ, wherein said parity symbol addresses γ are determined according to a second address generation rule Nldpc−Kldpc+{x+m mod Ga×QIR} mod MIR if x>Nldpc−Kldpc, wherein x denotes the addresses of a parity symbol accumulator corresponding to the first information symbol of a group of size Ga and QIR is an auxiliary code rate dependent, predefined constant, and an encoder output (1454) for outputting said codewords (Z1, Z2).