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Granted Patent B2
US 10,804,933 · App. 16/337,193 · Granted Oct 13, 2020

QC LDPC code rate matching method and device therefor

Inventors: Jinwoo Kim (Seoul, KR); Jongwoong Shin (Seoul, KR); Bonghoe Kim (Seoul, KR); Kwangseok Noh (Seoul, KR); Ilmu Byun (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H03M13/116H03M13/00H03M13/11H03M13/616H04L1/0041H04L1/1607H04W76/28H04W88/02
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Patent No.
US 10,804,933
App. No.
16/337,193
Granted
Oct 13, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A quasi-cyclic low density parity check (QC LDPC) code rate matching method is disclosed. According to the rate matching method in the present disclosure, the minimum lifting value can be selected from among lifting values by which a codeword longer than a target code block can be generated. A coding gain through retransmission can be acquired by generating the codeword that is longer than the target code block. In addition, by selecting a lifting value of a proper magnitude, rate matching for information bit sequences of various lengths can be performed.

Claims (48)

1. A method of a Base Station (BS) for transmitting an information block to a User Equipment (UE) based on quasi-cyclic Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

configuring a target code rate for a transmission unit of the information block;

acquiring a lifting value for encoding of the information block;

transmitting, to the UE, first information related to the target code rate, second information related to the lifting value and third information related to a length of the information block;

encoding the information block based on the lifting value; and

transmitting, to the UE, the encoded information block based on the transmission unit,

wherein the lifting value is acquired based on a length of the encoded information block and the target code rate.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the target code rate is configured to maximize coding gain for the information block based on power gain and coding gain.

3. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the lifting value is a minimum value among a plurality of lifting values,

wherein the plurality of lifting values are used such that the length of the encoded information block is equal to or greater than a length of the transmission unit.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the lifting value is used for a Parity Check Matrix related to the encoding of the information block by lifting a base matrix.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmissions of the encoded information block are performed until entire of the encoded information block is transmitted.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein a last transmission of the encoded information block includes part of parity block not transmitted before the last transmission and part of the information block.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmissions of the encoded information block are performed based on redundancy versions of a circular buffer.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the lifting value is acquired based on a number of transmissions for transmitting entire of the encoded information block.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first information, the second information, and the third information are transmitted based on Downlink Control Information (DCI).

10. A method of a User Equipment (UE) for transmitting a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request-Acknowledge (HARQ-ACK) signal to a Base Station (BS) based on quasi-cyclic Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from the BS, first information related to a target code rate for a transmission unit of an information block, second information related to a lifting value for encoding of the information block and third information related to a length of the information block;

receiving, from the BS, an encoded information block transmitted based on the transmission unit;

decoding the encoded information block based on the first information, the second information and the third information; and

transmitting, to the BS, a HARQ-ACK signal for the information block based on result of the decoding,

wherein the lifting value is based on a length of the encoded information block and the target code rate.

11. A Base Station (BS) transmitting an information block to a User Equipment (UE) based on quasi-cyclic Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) in a wireless communication system, the BS comprising:

a transceiver for transmitting a signal; and

at least one processor for controlling the transceiver, the at least one processor configured to:

configure a target code rate for a transmission unit of the information block;

acquire a lifting value for encoding of the information block;

control the transceiver to transmit, to the UE, first information related to the target code rate, second information related to the lifting value and third information related to a length of the information block;

encode the information block based on the lifting value; and

control the transceiver to transmit, to the UE, an encoded information block based on the transmission unit,

wherein the lifting value is acquired based on a length of the encoded information and the target code rate.

12. A User Equipment (UE) transmitting a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request-Acknowledge (HARQ-ACK) signal to a Base Station (BS) based on quasi-cyclic Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver for transmitting and receiving a signal; and

at least one processor for controlling the transceiver, the at least one processor configured to:

control the transceiver to receive, from the BS, first information related to a target code rate for a transmission unit of an information block, second information related to a lifting value for encoding of the information block and third information related to a length of the information block;

control the transceiver to receive, from the BS, an encoded information block transmitted based on the transmission unit;

decode the encoded information block based on the first information, the second information and the third information; and

control the transceiver to transmit, to the BS, a HARQ-ACK signal for the information block based on result of the decoding,

wherein the lifting value is based on a length of the encoded information and the target code rate.

13. An Apparatus transmitting a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request-Acknowledge (HARQ-ACK) signal to a Base Station (BS) based on quasi-cyclic Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

receive, from the BS, first information related to a target code rate for a transmission unit of an information block, second information related to a lifting value for encoding of the information block and third information related to a length of the information block;

receive, from the BS, an encoded information block transmitted based on the transmission unit;

decode the encoded information block based on the first information, the second information and the third information; and

transmit, to the BS, a HARQ-ACK signal for the information block based on result of the decoding,

wherein the lifting value is based on a length of the encoded information and the target code rate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2019
From: KIM, JINWOO; SHIN, JONGWOONG; KIM, BONGHOE; NOH, KWANGSEOK; BYUN, ILMU
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 048716/0625 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62401922 · Sep 30, 2016
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