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Decoding apparatus, decoding method and program

US7536628B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 15, 2006
Grant dateMay 19, 2009
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Expiry dateJul 9, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M13/152
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a decoding apparatus for carrying out a decoding process on a ring-R linear code. The decoding apparatus includes coded-word holding means for acquiring a coded word with a code length reduced by omission of some symbols from the coded word and for holding the coded word; known-information addition means for attaching a reliability level of each of the symbols omitted from the coded word to reduce its code length as known symbols each having a known value to the coded word held by the coded-word holding means as known information; and repetitive decoding means for repeatedly carrying out a decoding process using belief propagation on the coded word including the known information attached to the coded word by the known-information addition means.

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