Huawei Technologies Co., Limited

Institut Telecom/telecom Paristech

Jean-Claude Belfiore

Ingmar Land

Valerio Bioglio

Frederic Gabry

Gaoning He

Wen Tong

Yiqun Ge

Wuxian Shi

Ghaya Rekaya-Ben Othman

Ran Zhang

Beatrice Tomasi

Rym Ouertani

The present disclosure relates to a device for generating a polar code xof length N and dimension K on the basis of a transformation matrix Gof size N&#xd7;N, wherein the transformation matrix Gis based on a first matrix G, of size N&#xd7;N, and on a second matrix Gof size N&#xd7;N, wherein N=N&#xb7;N, and wherein the polar code xis given by x=u&#xb7;G, wherein u=(u, . . . u) is a vector of size N, an element u, i=0, . . . N&#x2212;1, of the vector corresponding to an information bit if i&#x2208;I, I being a set of K information bit indices, and u=0, if i&#x2208;F, F being a set of N&#x2212;K frozen bit indices.

Construction of a polar code based on a distance criterion and a reliability criterion, in particular of a multi-kernel polar code

A number K of N sub-channels that are defined by a code and that have associated reliabilities for input bits at N input bit positions, are to be selected to carry bits that are to be encoded. A localization area that includes multiple sub-channels and is located below fewer than K of the N sub-channels in a partial order of the N sub-channels is determined based on one or more coding parameters. The fewer than K sub-channels of the N sub-channels above the localization area in the partial order are selected, and a number of sub-channels from those in the localization area are also selected. The selected fewer than K sub-channels and the number of sub-channels selected from those in the localization area together include K sub-channels to carry the bits that are to be encoded.

Method to generate ordered sequence for polar codes

A method for generating a polar code cof length N and dimension K, on the basis of a generator matrix Gof size N&#xd7;N, is provided. The method includes generating a distance spectrum vector d=(d(1), . . . , d(p)) of size p of the kernel T, wherein d(h), h=1, . . . , p, corresponds to a maximum value among all possible minimum distances of all possible polar codes of size p and dimension h generated on the basis of the kernel T. The method also includes generating a distance spectrum vector dof size N of the generator matrix Gon the basis of the distance spectrum vector d, determining the set of K information bit indices I on the basis of the distance spectrum vector d, and generating the polar code con the basis of the set of K information bit indices I.

Apparatus and method for generating polar codes

Encoding of information bit sequences by use of an encoding device having more than two encoding entities is provided. Decoding of output codewords by a decoding device having more than two decoding entities is further provided. The encoding and the decoding are implemented through transmitting output codewords, generated by the encoding device, to the decoding device via a channel, wherein two or more user devices transmit the respective output codewords concurrently via the channel.

Encoding device and method and corresponding decoding device and method

An encoder for encoding K information bits into a code word of length N' on the basis of a polar code of length N is provided, wherein N is a power of 2 and greater than or equal to N&#x2032;. The encoder comprises a memory storing a plurality of bit indices, which comprise a set of N frozen bit indices associated with the polar code of length N, a set of N/2 puncturing bit indices and/or a set of N/2 shortening bit indices and a processor configured to retrieve at least a subset of the plurality of bit indices from the memory, to encode the K information bits using the polar code of length N for obtaining encoded data of length N and to reduce the number of bits of the encoded data to the length N&#x2032; for obtaining the code word of length N&#x2032;.

Devices and methods implementing polar codes

A method is provided for decoding a signal received by a receiver including at least one reception antenna. The method includes: selecting, among at least two techniques available in the receiver, a decoding technique representative of a space/time encoding implemented upon transmission; and decoding the signal using the selected decoding technique. The selecting step takes into account at least one selection criterion.

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Jean-Claude Belfiore