Patent Application: US-78354501-A

Abstract:
discrete fourier transformation is applied to an analog system so that a signal be transfering , the analog data can be corrected before being quantized and after being transferred and received . in the dft cyclic decoder and the method of the same , a cyclic property of dft code is used to induce a decoding way in the receiving end of a communication system . this way is used to design a basic decoding circuit and a fast decoding circuit structure . since the decoding process is quick and the structure is simple so that the analog error correcting code is used widely .

Description:
the transmission structure of discrete signal can be simplified as fig1 . then we expand the transmission of a discrete - time signal , i . e . a sequence of complex numbers { u i } by a complex - valued ( n , k ) block coding procedure involves the following step : ( i ) the information vector u ={ u i } is encoded into an n - tuple v , called a code vector , as shown by where g is a k · n matrix of rank k , call the generator matrix . ( ii ) let r be the received vector at the other end of the transmission channel and suppose that an unknown error e is introduced as where we assume the channel noise to be random and additives , and the operation ‘+’ is a traditional addition rather then a modular 2 addition . as is well known , for each k · n matrix g of rank k , there will be an ( n − k )· n matrix h of ranks n − k such that g is in the null space of h t , i e . matrices g and h are related by h is the parity check matrix of f the syndrome vector s of a received vector r is defined as ( iii ) after identify the syndromes of the received vector r , the decoder must determine the optimal estimate of e , say e ′. according to the maximum - likelihood decoding rule , the optimal estimate e ′ is the error pattern , generated from the calculated syndromes , which has the fewest nonzero elements . finally , the estimated v ′ and u ′ of the corresponding actual sequences are , respectively obtained by where the matrix g − 1 is an n · k matrix right inverse of g , such that select generator matrix g is g =  [  w 00 w 01 … w 0   ( n - 1 ) w 10 w 11 … w 1   ( n - 1 ) ⋮ ⋮ w kn ⋮ w ( k - 1 )   0 w ( k - 1 )   1 … w ( k - 1 )   ( n - 1 ) ] =  [  1 1 … 1 1 w 11 … w 1   ( n - 1 ) ⋮ ⋮ w kn ⋮ 1 w ( k - 1 )   1 … w ( k - 1 )   ( n - 1 )  ]  ( 9 ) since g is a k · n matrix of rank k . if g satisfies ( 3 ) and ( 5 ), then g will generate a ( n , k ) linear code . let the ( n − k )· k matrix h consist of the remaining n − k rows , say k , k + 1 , . . . , n − 1 , which are called parities , as its n − k rows , then we select h as h =  [ w k   ( n - 1 ) w k   ( n - 2 ) … w k0 w ( k + 1 )   ( n + 1 ) w ( k + 1 )   ( n - 2 ) … w ( k + 1 )   0 ⋮ ⋮ w kn ⋮ w ( n - 1 )   ( n - 1 ) w ( n - 1 )   ( n - 2 ) … w ( n - 1 )   0 ] =  [ w k   ( n - 1 ) w k   ( n - 2 ) … 1 w ( k + 1 )   ( n - 1 ) w ( k + 1 )   ( n - 2 ) … 1 ⋮ ⋮ w kn ⋮ w ( n - 1 )   ( n - 1 ) w ( n - 1 )   ( n - 2 ) … 1 ] ( 10 ) for a ( n , k ) cyclic code , if the shortest distance between codewords is dmin = 3 , then an error symbol can be corrected . now , consider that ( n , n − 2 ), k = n − 2 , n − k = 2 , therefor the number of syndrome is equal to 2 . therefore , from the view point of circulation , the decoder can be designed as fig2 . n series connected buffer registers 21 connected in series , each buffer register serving for registering one symbol ; a shift control gate 22 connected between a first and a nth buffer registers for right - round - shifting the symbol in each buffer register through one register ; a syndrome vector calculating unit 23 connected to an output of nth buffer register in parallel for calculating a first and a second elements of the syndrome vector ; a processing unit 24 for comparing the syndrome elements in the syndrome vector ; controlling operations of the signal receiving gate and the shift control gate ; and a subtract 25 for performing an operation of subtraction to outputs of the buffer registers and the processing unit ; and outputting the result ; the cyclic step by step decoding device performs the steps of receiving a discrete signal having n symbols ; storing the discrete signal into n stage buffer registers ; setting a number of i and an initial value of i being to 0 ; ( i ) if i is equal to n , it considers that the receiving signal is incorrect ; and the process comes to an end ; ( ii ) if i is unequal to n , then the process entering into the following step ; calculating a first element and a second element of the syndrome vector according to the received symbols ; determining whether the first element and second element of the syndrome vector are larger than a threshold ; if both the first and second elements are smaller than the threshold , then it represent the error of n − 1 − i is 0 ; then all the symbols in the registers are outputted , which are decoded signals ; the process the stop ; if one of the first and second elements is larger than a threshold ; subtracting the two elements , taking an absolute value of the result and comparing the absolute value to the threshold ; if smaller than the threshold , then ( n − 1 − i ) th error being the first element of the syndrome vector ; subtracted the error from the ( n − 1 − i ) symbol ; then ouputting all the symbols in the registers , which are signals decoded ; if larger than the threshold , then round - shifting the symbols in n registers to right with one a length of one register ; and thus acquiring a new register series ; the number i is added by one and returning the process to the step of calculating the syndrome vector and repeat the above process . error pattern =[ e 0 e 1 . . . e n − 1 ], then e 0 = e 1 = . . . = e n − 1 = 0 . so that syndrome where s 1 ( i ) is s 1 cyclic shift i times . we can verify there is no error . error pattern =[ e 0 e 1 . . . e n − 1 ], and the error location is at δ . so some one when one block data received in register r 0 r 1 . . . r n − 1 , [ s 1 s 2 ] =  [ r 0 r 1 … r n - 1 ] · [ w k   ( n - 1 ) w ( k + 1 )   ( n - 1 ) w k   ( n - 2 ) w ( k + 1 )   ( n - 2 ) … … w k1 w ( k + 1 )   1 1 1 ] =  [ e 0 e 1 … e n - 1 ] · [ w k   ( n - 1 ) w ( k + 1 )   ( n - 1 ) w k   ( n - 2 ) w ( k + 1 )   ( n - 2 ) … … w k1 w ( k + 1 )   1 1 1 ] ( 11 ) s 1 = e 0 w k ( n − 1 ) + e 1 w k ( n − 2 ) + . . . + e n − 2 w k1 + e n − 1 ( 12 ) s 2 = e 0 w ( k + 1 )( n − 1 ) + e 1 w ( k + 1 )( n − 2 ) + . . . + e n − 2 w ( k + 1 ) 1 + e n − 1 ( 13 ) we assume the error location is at position n − 1 , i . e . e n − 1 = a + jb . so we verify there are some errors , but not at position n − 1 . when the register data cyclic shift δ times , then [ s 1 ( δ ) s 2 ( δ ) ] =  [ e δ e δ + 1 … e n - 1 , e 0   …   e δ - 1 ] · [ w k   ( n - 1 ) w ( k + 1 )   ( n - 1 ) w k   ( n - 2 ) w ( k + 1 )   ( n - 2 ) … … w k1 w ( k + 1 )   1 1 1 ] ( 14 ) we assume e δ = a + jb , e i = 0 , for i ≠ δ and 0 ≦ i ≦ n − 1 , then so we can verify the error location is δ , and error value is a + jb . when we shift the register data right i times , i from 0 to n − 1 , can &# 39 ; t get the same syndrome . so we verify there are more than one error and can &# 39 ; t be correct . in summery , referring to fig3 the dft has a cyclic property , and thus the step - by - step decoding rule is that : ( a ) if the syndrome equation s 1 = s 2 = 0 , then the receiving block is correct , and the decoding work is accomplished . ( b ) if the syndrome equation s 1 = s 2 , but unequal to 0 , then e n − 1 − i = s 1 , and others are correct , then the decoding process is complete . ( 3 ) setting a number of i and an initial value of i being to 0 ; ( i ) if i is equal to n , it considers that the receiving signal is incorrect ; and the process comes to an end ; ( ii ) if i is unequal to n , then the process entering into the following step ; ( 4 ) calculating a first element and a second element of the syndrome vector according to the received symbols ; ( 5 ) determining whether the first element and second element of the syndrome vector are larger than a threshold ; ( 6 ) if both the first and second elements are smaller than the threshold , then it represent the error of n − 1 − i is 0 ; then all the symbols in the registers are outputted , which are decoded signals ; the process the stop ; ( 7 ) if one of the first and second elements is larger than a threshold ; subtracting the two elements , taking an absolute value of the result and comparing the absolute value to the threshold ; ( i ) if smaller than the threshold , then ( n − 1 − i ) th error being the first element of the syndrome vector ; the ( n − 1 − i ) symbol being added with the error ; then ouputting all the symbols in the registers , which are signals decoded ; ( ii ) if larger than the threshold , then round - shifting the symbols in n registers to right with one a length of one register ; and thus acquiring a new register series ; ( 8 ) the number i is added by one and returning the process to step ( 3 ). 2 . a fast decoding algorithm for ( n , n − 2 ) dft cyclic codes = e 0 w − k + e 1 w − k2 + . . . + e n − 1 w − k ( n − 2 ) + e n − 1 w − kn = w − k ·[ e 0 + e 1 w − k1 + . . . + e n − 1 w − k ( n − 1 )] ( 15 ) = e 0 w −( k + 1 ) + e 1 w −( k + 1 ) 2 + . . . + e n − 1 w −( k + 1 )( n − 2 ) + e n − 1 w −( k + 1 ) n = w −( k + 1 ) ·[ e 0 + e 1 w −( k + 1 ) 1 + . . . + e n − 1 w −( k + 1 )( n − 1 ) ] ( 16 ) = w − k ·[ e 0 w k ( n − 1 ) + . . . + e n − 2 w k ( n − 1 ) + e n − 1 w kn ] = w −( k + 1 ) ·[ e 0 w ( k + 1 )( n − 1 ) + . . . + e n − 2 w ( k + 1 )( n − 1 ) + e n − 1 w ( k + 1 ) n ] a circuit can be designed according to this algorithm , as shown in fig4 the circuit includes the following components : n series connected buffer registers 41 connected in series , each buffer register serving for registering one symbol ; a syndrome vector calculating unit 42 connected to an output of nth buffer register in series for calculating a first and a second elements of the syndrome vector ; a control gate 43 serially connected between the first buffer register and the signal receiving gate for controlling signals from the receiving gate to the syndrome vector calculation unit ; a processing unit 44 for comparing the syndrome elements in the syndrome vector ; controlling operations of the signal receiving gate and the shift control gate ; and a subtractor 45 for performing an operation of subtraction to outputs of the buffer registers and the processing unit ; and outputting the result ; the cyclic step by step decoding device performs the steps of receiving a discrete signal having n symbols ; storing the discrete signal into n stage buffer registers ; setting a number of i and an initial value of i being to 0 ; ( i ) if i is equal to n , it considers that the receiving signal is incorrect ; and the process comes to an end ; ( ii ) if i is unequal to n , then the process entering into the following step ; calculating a first element and a second element of the syndrome vector according to the received symbols ; determining whether the first element and second element of the syndrome vector are larger than a threshold ; if both the first and second elements are smaller than the threshold , then it represent the error of n − 1 − i is 0 ; then all the symbols in the registers are outputted , which are decoded signals ; the process the stop ; if one of the first and second elements is larger than a threshold ; subtracting the two elements , taking an absolute value of the result and comparing the absolute value to the threshold ; if smaller than the threshold , then ( n − 1 − i ) th error being the first element of the syndrome vector ; subtracted the error from the ( n − 1 − i ) symbol ; then ouputting all the symbols in the registers , which are signals decoded ; if larger than the threshold , then round - shifting the symbols in n registers to right with one a length of one register ; and thus acquiring a new register series ; the number i is added by one and returning the process to the step of calculating the syndrome vector and repeat the above process . in the present invention , when the symbol has only one word , as shown in fig5 the circuit structure is constructed by the following component : a subtractor 50 with an input of the first and second elements of the syndrome vector for performing a subtracting opertion ; a first comparator 51 with an input from an output of the subtrator and a threshold ; a second comparator 52 with an input of first element of the syndrome vector and a threshold ; an and gate 57 having an input end connected to the outputs of the first and second comparators ; a first gate 53 enabled by an output of the and gate and having an input end connected to the first element of the syndrome vector ; a second gate 54 enabled by an output of the second comparator and having an input of 0 ; a first or gate 55 connected to an output of the second comparator and an output of the and gate ; 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there are more than one error , can not be correct