A 2-dimensional interleaving method is disclosed. The method comprises dividing a frame of input information bits into a plurality of groups and sequentially storing the divided groups in a memory; permuting the information bits of the groups according to a given rule and shifting an information bit existing at the last position of the last group to a position preceding the last position; and selecting the groups according to a predetermined order, and selecting one of the information bits in the selected group.

Patent
   RE42963
Priority
May 19 1999
Filed
Oct 25 2004
Issued
Nov 22 2011
Expiry
May 19 2020
Assg.orig
Entity
unknown
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0. 24. A method for interleaving a frame of input information bits, the frame having row (R) groups, each of the R groups having column (C) information bits, the method for use in an internal interleaver of a turbo encoder, the method comprising the steps of:
a) permuting information bit positions of the groups according to predetermined interleaving rule; and
b) exchanging an information bit existing at a last position of a last group with an information bit existing at a first position of the last group.
0. 27. A two-dimensional interleaving method comprising the steps of:
sequentially storing a frame of K input information bits, the frame having row (R) groups, each of the R groups having column (C) information bits;
permuting the information bits addresses of each of the R groups according to a given interleaving rule; and
exchanging an address of an information bit existing at a last position of a last group with an information bit existing at a first position of the last group, subsequent to the permuting.
0. 28. A method for interleaving a frame of input information bits, the frame having row (R) groups, each of the R groups having column (C) information bits, the method for use in an internal interleaver of a turbo encoder, the method comprising the steps of:
a) permuting the information bit positions of the groups according to predetermined interleaving rule; and
b) exchanging an information bit position existing at a last position of a last group with an information bit existing at a first position of the last group.
0. 21. A two-dimensional interleaving method comprising the steps of:
sequentially storing a frame of K input information bits, the frame having row (R) groups, each of the R groups having column (C) information bits;
permuting information bit addresses of the each of the R groups according to a given interleaving rule; and
exchanging an address of an information bit existing at a last position of a last group with an address of an information bit existing at a first position of the last group, subsequent to the permuting.
0. 23. A two-dimensional interleaving method comprising the steps of:
writing input sequences of a frame of input information bits in a memory, the frame having row (R) groups, each of the R groups having column (C) information bits;
permuting addresses of the information bits written in the memory according to a given interleaving rule; and
exchanging an address of an information bit written in a last position of a last group with an information bit written in a first position of the last group, subsequent to the permuting.
8. A 2-dimensional interleaving method comprising the steps of:
storing a frame of K input information bits into a memory sequentially and dividing an the information bits into R row (R) groups, each of the R groups having C column (C) information bits;
permuting the information bits addresses of the each group according to a given rule; and
changing exchanging an information bit address existing at the a last position of the a last group to a address preceding the last position with an information bit address existing at a first position of the last group, subsequent to the permuting.
11. A 2-dimensional interleaving method comprising the steps of:
writing input sequences of a frame of input information bits which have R row (R) groups, each of the R groups having C column (C) information bits, in a memory;
permuting the address addresses of the information bits written in the memory according to a given rule; and
shifting exchanging an address of an information bit written in the a last position of the a last group to a position preceding with an address of an information written in a first position of the last group, subsequent to the permuting.
13. A method for interleaving a frame of input information bits which have R row (R) groups, each of the R groups having C column (C) information bits, in a PIL interleaver prime interleaver (PIL) used as an internal interleaver for a turbo encoder, the method comprising the steps of:
a) permuting the information bits position positions of the groups according to a predetermined PIL interleaving rule; and
b) changing exchanging an information bit existing at the a last position of the frame to a position preceding the last position a last group with an information bit existing at a first position of the last group, subsequent to the permuting.
5. A device for permuting information bit addresses of an input frame which have R row (R) groups, each of the R groups having C column (C) information bits, in a prime interleaver (PIL) used as an internal interleaver for a turbo encoder, the device comprising:
a memory for storing the information bit frame sequentially; and
a randomizer for permuting the addresses of the information bit frame according to a given interleaving rule, and changing the exchanging an address of an a last information bit to a position preceding the position in the position with an address of an information bit existing at a first position of a last group, after the permuting.
0. 18. A device for permuting information bit addresses of an input frame, the input frame having row (R) groups, each of the R groups having column (C) information bits, the device being configured in an internal interleaver for a turbo encoder, the device comprising:
a memory configured for storing the information bits frame sequentially; and
a randomizer configured for
intra-row permuting an address of the stored information bits in each row according to a given interleaving rule,
exchanging an address of an information bit existing at a last position of a last group with an address of an information bit existing at a first position of the last group, after the intra-row permuting,
performing inter-row permutations, and
reading out the information bits, column by column, starting in the first row of the first column.
7. A device for interleaving a frame of K information bits which have R row (R) groups, each of the R groups having C column (C) information bits, in a PIL interleaver prime interleaver (PIL) used as an internal interleaver for a turbo encoder, the device comprising:
a controller for writing input information bits of a frame in a memory sequentially and permuting the position positions of the information bits written in a jth row (where, j can be 0,1,2, . . . , or R−1) to position Cj(i) in the row in accordance with an algorithm given by
i) permute a base sequence C(i)=[g0×C(i−1)] mod p, i=1,2, . . . , (p−2) and C(0)=1
ii) perform row permutation Cj(i)=C([i×pj] mod (p−1)),
j=0,1,2, . . . , (R−1), i=0,1,2, . . . , (p−1 2), Cj(p−1)=0, and Cj(p)=p
iii) exchange CR-1(p) with CR-1(0)
where p (prime number) indicates a minimum prime number which is closest to K/R satisfying 0≦(p+1)−K/R, g0 (primitive root) indicates a predetermined number corresponding to an associated primitive root for p, and pj indicates a primitive number set.
0. 19. A device for interleaving a frame of K information bits, the frame having row (R) groups, each the R groups having column (C) information bits, the device comprising:
an interleaver for two-dimensional interleaving for a turbo encoder configured for sequentially writing input information bits of a frame in a memory and permuting positions of the information bits written in a jth row to a position Cj(i) in the row, where, j can be 0,1,2 . . . , or R−1, in accordance with an algorithm given by
iv) permute a base sequence C(i)=[g0×C(i−1)] mod p, i=1,2, . . . ,(p−2) and C(0)=1,
v) perform row permutation Cj(i)=C([i×pj] mod (p−1)), j=0,1.2, . . ,(R−1), i=0,1,2, . . . , (p−2), Cj(p−1)=0, and Cj(p)=p,
vi) exchange CR-1(p) with CR-1(0);
where K specifies a number of input information bits in a frame, p indicates a minimum prime number satisfying 0≦(p+1)−K/R, g0 indicates an associated primitive root for p, and pj indicates a prime number set.
0. 30. A turbo encoder comprising:
a first encoder configured for encoding a frame of K input information bits to generate first coded symbols;
an interleaver configured for
sequentially writing the K input information bits into a row (R)×Column (C) rectangular matrix, row by row, starting in a first column of a first row,
intra row permuting positions of the information bits in the R×C rectangular matrix in each row according to a given interleaving rule,
exchanging a position of an information bit in a last column of a last row with a position within the last row which precedes the last column, after the intra row permuting,
performing inter-row permutations of the R×C rectangular matrix, and
reading out the information bits from the permuted R×C rectangular matrix, column by column, starting in the first row of the first column; and
a second encoder configured for encoding the read out information bits to generate second coded symbols,
wherein the R×C rectangular matrix includes R rows and C columns, K=R×C, and K indicates a number of the input information bits included in the frame.
1. A turbo encoder comprising:
a first encoder configured for encoding a frame of K input information bits to generate first coded symbols;
an interleaver configured for
receiving sequentially writing the K information bits into a row (R)×Column (C) rectangular matrix, row by row, starting in a first column of a first row,
intra row permuting positions of the K information bits in the R×C rectangular matrix in each row according to a given interleaving rule,
exchanging a position of an information bit in a last column of a last row with a position of an information bit in the first column of the last row, after the intra row permuting,
performing inter-row permutations of the R×C rectangular matrix, and
and interleaving the information bits position such that an information bit existing at the last position of the frame is shifted to a position preceding the last position for not generating Critical information sequence Pattern (CISP) reading out the information bits from the permuted R×C rectangular matrix, column by column, starting in the first row of the first column; and
a second encoder configured for encoding the interleaved read out information bits to generate second coded symbols,
wherein the R×C rectangular matrix includes R rows and C columns, K=R×C, and K indicates a number of the information bits included in the frame.
0. 26. A two-dimensional interleaving method comprising the steps of:
sequentially writing input sequences of information bits of a frame in a row (R)×Column (C) rectangular matrix, the frame having R groups, each of the R groups having C information bits;
selecting a primitive root g0 corresponding to a minimum prime number p satisfying 0≦(p+1)−K/R;
generating a base sequence C(i) for intra-row permuting the input sequences written in the rows in accordance with
C(i)=[g0×C(i−1)] mod p, i=1,2, . . . ,(p−2), and C(0)=1;
calculating a minimum prime integer set {qi}(j=0,1,2, . . . ,R−1) by determining
g.c.d{qj,p−1}=1
qj>6, qj>q(j-1)
where g.c.d is a greatest common divider and q0=1;
intra-row permuting {qj} using
pP(j)=qj, j=0,1, . . . ,R−1
where P(j) indicates a predetermined selecting order for selecting the R rows;
when C=p+1, permuting sequences in a jth row in accordance with
Cj(i)=C([i×pj] mod (p−1)),
where j=0,1,2, . . . ,(R−1), i=0,1,2, . . . ,(p−2), Cj(p−1)=0, and Cj(p)=p,
and if (K=C×R), then CR-1(p) is exchanged with CR-1(0),
selecting R rows according to a predetermined order P(j);
selecting an input sequence from the selected rows; and
providing the selected input sequence as read addresses for interleaving the information bits of the input frame.
16. A 2-dimensional interleaving method comprising the steps of:
sequentially writing input sequences of information bits of the a frame in an R a row (R)×C column rectangular matrix;
selecting a primitive root g0 corresponding to the a minimum prime number p, and generating a base sequence c(i) for intra-row permuting the input sequences written in the rows of the R×C rectangular matrix in accordance with

C(i)=[g0×C(i−1)] mod p, i=1,2, . . . , (p−2), and C(0)=1;
calculating a minimum prime integer set {qj}(j=0,1,2, . . . , R−1) by determining

g.c.d{qj,p−1}=1

qj>6, qj>q(j-1)
where g.c.d is a greatest common divider and q0=1;
intra-row permuting {qj} using

pP(j)=qj, j=0,1, . . . , R−1
where P(j) indicates a predetermined selecting order for selecting the R rows;
when C=p+1, permuting sequences in a jth row in accordance with

Cj(i)=C([i×pj] mod(p−1)),
where j=0,1,2, . . . , (R−1), i=0,1,2, . . . , (p−1 2), Cj(p−1)=0, and Cj(p)=p,
and if (K=C×R), then CR-1(p) is exchanged with CR-1(0),
selecting R rows according to a predetermined order P(j), and selecting one input sequence from the selected row; and
providing the selected input sequence as a read address for interleaving the information bits of the input frame.
2. The turbo encoder as claimed in claim 1, wherein the interleaver comprises:
a controller for writing the information bits sequentially in memory and dividing the information bits into R groups each having the C information bits; permuting the an address of the an information bit written in a jth row (where, j=0,1,2, . . . , R−1) to positions Cj(i) in the row in accordance with an algorithm given by
i) C(i)=[g0×C(i−1)] mod p, i=1,2, . . . , (p−2) and C(0)=1
ii) Cj(i)=C([i×pj] mod (p−1)),
j=0,1,2, . . . , (R−1), i=0,1,2, . . . , (p−1 2), Cj(p−1)=0, and Cj(p)=p
iii) exchange CR-1(p) with CR-1(0)
where p (prime number) indicates a minimum prime number which is closest to K/R satisfying 0≦(p+1)−K/R, g0 (primitive root) indicates a predetermined number corresponding to an associated primitive root for p, and pj indicates a primitive number set.
0. 3. The turbo encoder as claimed in claim 2, wherein the interleaver comprises:
a memory for storing the information bit frame sequentially;
a randomizer for permuting the address of the stored informnation bits according as shifting the address of an informnation bit existing at the last position to a position preceding the last position in the last group.
0. 4. The turbo encoder as claimed in claim 3, wherein the randomizer exchanges an information bit address existing at the last position of the last group with an information bit address existing at a first position of the last group.
0. 6. The device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the randomizer exchanges an information bit position existing at the last position of the last group with an information bit position existing at a first position of the last group.
9. A The 2-dimensional interleaving method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the permuting the information bits addresses, comprises:
determining a minimum prime number p which is closest to K/R satisfying 0≦(p+1)−K/R, sequentially writing input sequences of information bits of a frame in a memory;
selecting a primitive root g0 corresponding to the minimum prime number p, and generating a base sequence C(i) for intra-row permuting the input sequences written in the rows in accordance with

C(i)=[g0×C(i−1)] mod p, i=1,2, . . . , (p−2), and C(0)=1;
calculating a minimum prime integer set {qj}(j=0,1,2, . . . , R−1) by determining

g.c.d{qj,p−1}=1

qj>6, qj>q(j-1)
where g.c.d is a greatest common divider and q0=1;
intra-row permuting {qj} using

pP(j)=qj, j=0,1, . . . , R−1
where P(j) indicates a predetermined selecting order for selecting the R rows;
when C=p+1, permuting sequences in a jth row in accordance with

Cj(i)=C([i×pj] mod(p−1)),
where j=0,1,2, . . . , (R−1), i=0,1,2, . . . , (p−1 2), Cj(p−1)=0, and Cj(p)=p,
and if (K=C×R), then CR-1(p) is exchanged with CR-1(0).
0. 10. The 2-dimensional interleaving method as claimed in claim 8, wherein an information bit address existing at the last position of the last group is exchanged with an information bit address existing at a first position of the last group.
0. 12. The 2-dimensional interleaving method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the input sequence written in the last position of the last group is exchanged with an input sequence written in a first position of the last group.
0. 14. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein an information bit position existing at the last position of the last group is exchanged with an information bit existing at a first position of the last group.
15. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein in the step a and b), the information bits position positions of the frame written in an a jth row (where j=0,1,2, . . . , R−1) are permuted to positions Cj(i) in the row in accordance with the steps of an algorithm given by the steps of
i) calculating C(i)=[g0×c(i−1)] mod p, i=1,2, . . . , (p−2) and C(0)=1
ii) calculating Cj(i)=C([i×pj] mod(p−1)), where
j=0,1,2, . . . , (R−1), i=0,1,2, . . . , (p−1 2), Cj(p−1)=0, and Cj(p)=p
iii) exchanging CR-1(p) with CR-1(0)
where p (prime number) indicates a minimum prime number which is closest to K/R satisfying 0≦(p+1)−K/R, K indicates a number of the input information bits in the frame, g0 (primitive root) indicates a predetermined number corresponding to an associated primitive root for p, pj indicates a primitive number set, and cj(i) is the an input bit position of an ith output after the permutation of a jth row.
0. 17. The turbo encoder as claimed in claim 1, wherein the interleaver is further configured for permuting addresses of the information bits written in a jth row, where, j=0, 1, 2, . . . , R−1, to positions Cj(i) in the row in accordance with an algorithm given by
i) C(i)=[g0×C(i−1)] mod p, i=1,2, . . . ,(p−2) and C(0)=1
ii) Cj(i)=C([i×pj] mod (p−1)), j=0,1,2, . . . ,(R−1), i=0,1,2, . . . ,(p−2), Cj(p−1)=0, and Cj(p)=p
iii) exchange CR-1(p) with CR-1(0)
where p indicates a minimum prime number satisfying 0≦(p+1)−K/R, g0 indicates an associated primitive root for p, and pj indicates a prime number set.
0. 20. The device according to claim 19, further comprising a randomizer configured for permuting the addresses of the stored information bits in accordance with exchanged positions of the stored information bits.
0. 22. The two-dimensional interleaving method as claimed in claim 21, wherein the step of permuting comprises:
determining a minimum prime number p satisfying 0≦(p+1)−K/R;
selecting a primitive root g0 associated with the minimum prime number p, and
generating a base sequence C(i) for intra-row permuting of the input sequences written in the rows in accordance with
C(i)=[g0×C(i−1)] mod p, i=1,2, . . . ,(p−2), and C(0)=1;
calculating a minimum prime integer set {qj}(j=0,1,2, . . . ,R−1) by determining
g.c.d{qj,p−1}=1
qj>6, qj>q(j-1)
where g.c.d is a greatest common divider and q0=1;
intra-row permuting {qj} using
pP(j)=qj, j=0,1, . . . ,R−1
where P(j) indicates a predetermined selecting order for selecting the R rows; and
when C=p+1, permuting sequences in a jth row in accordance with
Cj(i)=C([i×pj] mod (p−1)),
where j=0,1,2, . . . ,(R−1), i=0,1,2, . . . ,(p−2), Cj(p−1)=0, and Cj(p)=p,
and if (K=C×R), then CR-1(p) is exchanged with CR-1(0).
0. 25. The method as claimed in claim 24, wherein in the step a) and b), the R groups are rows and the information bits positions of the frame written in a jth row, where j=0,1,2, . . . ,R−1, are permuted with positions Cj(i) in the row in accordance with an algorithm given by
i) calculating C(i)=[g0×C(i−1)] mod p, i=1,2, . . . ,(p−2) and C(0)=1
ii) calculating Cj(i)=C([i×pj] mod (p−1)), where
j=0,1,2, . . . ,(R−1), i=0,1,2, . . . ,(p−2), Cj(p−1)=0, and Cj(p)=p
iii) exchanging CR-1(p) with CR-1(0)
where k specifies a number of input information bits in a frame, p indicates a minimum prime number satisfying 0≦(p+1)−K/R, g0 indicates an associated primitive root for p, pj indicates a prime number set, and Cj(i) is the input bit position of an ith output after the permutation of a jth row.
0. 29. The method as claimed in claim 28, wherein in the step a) and b), the R groups are rows and the information bit positions of the frame written in a jth row, where j=0, 1, 2, . . . , R−1, are permuted with positions Cj(i) in the row in accordance with the steps of an algorithm given by
i) calculating C(i)=[g0×C(i−1)] mod p, i=1, 2, . . . , (p−2) and C(0)=1
ii) calculating Cj(i)=C([i×pj] mod (p−1)), j=0, 1, 2, . . . , (R−1), i=0, 1, 2, . . . , (p−21), Cj(p−1)=0, and Cj(p−1)=p
iii) exchanging CR-1(p) with CR-1(0)
where K specifies a number of input information bits in a frame, p indicates a minimum prime number, which is closest to K/R while satisfying 0≦(p+1)−K/R, g0 indicates an associated primitive root for predetermined number corresponding to p, pj indicates a primitive prime number set and Cj(i) is the information bit position of an ith output after the permutation of a jth row.
0. 31. The turbo encoder as claimed in claim 30, wherein the turbo encoder is further configured to store the input information bits in a memory, to perform the interleaving of the information bits in the R×C rectangular matrix based on generated read addresses corresponding to the permuted R×C rectangular matrix, and to output the information bits from the memory using the generated read addresses.
0. 32. The turbo encoder as claimed in claim 30, wherein the turbo encoder is further configured to exchange the position of the information bit in the last column of the last row with a position of an information bit in the first column of the last row.

This application claims priority to an application entitled “Turbo Interleaving Apparatus and Method” filed in the Korean Industrial Property Office on May 19, 1999 and assigned Serial No. 99-18928 and an application filed in the Korean Industrial Property Office on May 21, 1999 and assigned Serial No. 99-18560, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates generally to a turbo encoder used for radio communication systems (including satellite, ISDN, digital cellular, W-CDMA, and IMT-2000 systems), and in particular, to an internal interleaver of a turbo encoder.

2. Description of the Related Art

In general, an interleaver used for a turbo encoder randomizes an address of input information word and improves a distance property of a codeword. In particular, it has been decided that a turbo code will be used in a supplemental channel (or data transmission channel) of IMT-2000 (or CDMA-2000) and IS-95C air interfaces and in a data channel of UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System) proposed by ETSI (European Telecommunication Standards Institute). Thus, a method for embodying an interleaver for this purpose is required. In addition, the invention relates to an error correction code which greatly affects performance improvement of the existing and future digital communication systems.

For an existing internal interleaver for a turbo encoder (hereinafter, referred to as a turbo interleaver), there have been proposed various interleavers such as PN (Pseudo Noise) random interleaver, random interleaver, block interleaver, non-linear interleaver, and S-random interleaver. However, so far, such interleavers are mere algorithms designed to improve their performances in terms of scientific researches rather than implementation. Therefore, when implementing an actual system, the hardware implementation complexity must be taken into consideration. A description will now be made of properties and problems associated with the conventional interleaver for the turbo encoder.

Performance of the turbo encoder is dependent upon its internal interleaver. In general, an increase in the input frame size (i.e., the number of information bits included in one frame) enhances the effectiveness of the turbo encoder. However, an increase in interleaver size causes a geometric increase in calculations. Therefore, in general, it is not possible to implement the interleaver for the large frame size.

Therefore, in general, the interleavers are implemented by determining conditions satisfying several given criteria. The criteria are as follows:

Although the above criteria are applicable to a general turbo interleaver, it is difficult to clearly analyze the properties when the interleaver increases in size.

In addition, another problem occurring when designing the turbo interleaver is that the minimum free distance of the turbo code varies according to the type of the input codeword. That is, when the input information word has a specific sequence pattern defined as a critical information sequence pattern (CISP), the free distance of the output code symbols generated from the turbo encoder has a very small value. If the input information word has a Hamming weight 2, the CISP occurs when the input information word has two information bits of ‘1’ and can also occur when the input information word has 3 or more information bits of ‘1’. However, in most cases, when the input information word has 2 information bits of ‘1’, the minimum free distance is formed and most error events occur in this condition. Therefore, when designing the turbo interleaver, an analysis is generally made on the case where the input information word has the Hamming weight 2. A reason that the CISP exists is because the turbo encoder generally uses RSC (Recursive Systematic Convolutional Codes) encoders for the component encoders shown in FIG. 1 (described further below). To improve performance of the turbo encoder, a primitive polynomial should be used for a feedback polynomial (gf(x) of FIG. 1) out of the generator polynomials for the component encoder. Therefore, when the number of the memories of the RSC encoder is m, a feedback sequence generated by the feedback polynomial continuously repeats the same pattern at a period of 2m−1. Therefore, if an input information word ‘1’ is received at the instance corresponding to this period, the same information bits are exclusive-ORed, so that the state of the RSC encoder becomes an all-zero state henceforth, thus generating the output symbols of all 0's. This means that the Hamming weight of the codeword generated by the RSC encoder has a constant value after this event. That is, the free distance of the turbo code is maintained after this time, and the CISP becomes a main cause of a reduction in the free distance of the turbo encoder, whereas, as noted above, a larger free distance is desirable.

In this case (in the prior art of turbo interleaver), to increase the free distance, the turbo interleaver randomly disperses the CISP input information word so as to prevent a decrease in the free distance at the output symbol of the other component RSC encoder.

The above-stated properties are fundamental features of the known turbo interleaver. However, for the CISP, it is conventional that the information word has the minimum Hamming weight, when the input information word has the Hamming weight 2. In other words, the fact that the CISP can be generated even when the input information word has the Hamming weight 1 (i.e., when the input information word has one information bit of ‘1’) was overlooked, when the information word input to the turbo encoder had the type of a block comprised of frames.

For example, a prime interleaver (PIL) designated as the working model of the turbo code interleaver specified by the present UMTS standard exhibits such problems, thus having a degraded free distance property. That is, the implementation algorithm of the model PIL turbo interleaver include 3 stages, of which the second stage, which plays the most important role, performs random permutation on the information bits of the respective groups. The second stage is divided into three cases of Case A, Case B and Case C, and the Case B always involves the case where the free distance is decreased due to the event where the input information word has the Hamming weight 1. In addition, even the Case C involves a possibility that such an event will occur. The detailed problems will be described later with reference to the PIL.

In conclusion, when various interleaver sizes are required and the hardware implementation complexity is limited in the IMT-2000 or UMTS system, the turbo interleaver should be designed to guarantee the optimal interleaver performance by taking the limitations into consideration. That is, the required interleaver should be able to guarantee uniform performance for the various interleaver sizes, while satisfying the above-stated properties. More recently, there have been proposed several types of the interleavers for a PCCC (Parallel Concatenated Convolutional Codes) turbo interleaver, and a LCS (Linear Congruential Sequence) turbo interleaver has been provisionally decided as the turbo interleaver in the IMT-2000 (or CDMA-2000) and IS-95C specifications. However, most of these turbo interleavers have the problems of the CSIP with Hamming weight 1, and the details of implementing these turbo interleavers are still not defined. Therefore, the present invention proposes a solution of the turbo interleaver's problems, and a new method for implementing the turbo interleaver. In addition, the invention shows the PIL interleaver which is a working assumption of the UMTS turbo interleaver, and proposes a solution of this interleaver's problem.

To sum up, the prior art has the following disadvantages.

It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide an interleaving device and method for analyzing properties of a turbo interleaver and a property of a critical information sequence pattern (CISP) to improve performance of the turbo interleaver.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an interleaving device and method for improving free distance performance of a turbo code for the case where an input information word has a Hamming weight 1 when the information word input to a turbo interleaver has a block type comprised of frames.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide an interleaving device and method for solving the problem that the free distance is decreased when an input information word has a Hamming weight 1 in a prime interleaver (PIL) that is the turbo interleaver specified in the UMTS specification.

To achieve the above objects, there is provided a 2-dimensional interleaving method comprising dividing a frame of input information bits into a plurality of groups and sequentially storing the divided groups in a memory; permuting the information bits of the groups according to a given rule and shifting an information bit existing at the last position of the last group to a position preceding the last position; and selecting the groups according to a predetermined order, and selecting one of the information bits in the selected group.

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a general parallel turbo encoder;

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a general interleaver;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a general deinterleaver;

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a method for generating a critical information sequence pattern (CISP) in a turbo interleaver;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating another method for generating the CISP in the turbo interleaver;

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a method for solving a problem occurring when generating the CISP of FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a method for solving a problem occurring when generating the CISP of FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating another method for solving a problem occurring when generating the CISP in the turbo interleaver;

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a method for generating the CISP in a 2-dimensional turbo interleaver;

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a method for solving a problem occurring when generating the CISP of FIG. 7;

FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating an interleaving device for suppressing the CISP according to an embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 12 is a flow chart for explaining an interleaving process of a modified PIL(Prime Interleaver) according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described herein below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail.

Prior to describing the invention, the specification will present the problems occurring when an input information word, which is one of the design criteria used in the existing turbo interleaver/deinterleaver, is processed on a frame unit basis, and then analyze an affect that the CISP with a Hamming weight 1 has on the Hamming weight of the output code symbols. Next, the specification will propose a method for solving the problems and verify the performance difference through analysis of the minimum free distance.

FIG. 1 shows a structure of a general parallel turbo encoder, which is disclosed in detail in U.S. Pat. No.
where HW is the Hamming weight.

From Equation 1, it is noted that a Hamming weight balance between RSC1 and RSC2 is very important. In particular, it is noted that the minimum free distance of the turbo code is generated for the minimum Hamming weight of the input information word, when the IIR (Infinite Impulse Response) characteristic of the RSC encoder is taken into consideration. In general, the minimum free distance is provided when the input information word has the Hamming weight 2, as mentioned above.

However, as described above, the minimum free distance occurs when the input information word has the Hamming weight 3, 4, 5 . . . , as well as when the input information word has the Hamming weight 2. This occurs when the input information word is received on a frame unit basis, as follows.

For example, when only the information bit located at the last position of the input information word, i.e., the last position of the frame, is ‘1’ and all the other information bits are 0's, the Hamming weight of the input information word becomes 1. In this case, the number of the symbols ‘1’ output from the RSC1 becomes very small, because there is no more input information word. Of course, when zero-tail bits are used, there exist two symbols but those are independently used rather than undergoing turbo interleaving. Therefore, it is assumed herein that the weight is slightly increased. Since the constant weight is added, this will be so excluded from an analysis of the interleaver. In this case, it is noted from Equation 1 that the RSC2 should generate a great number of the output symbols ‘1’ to increase the total free distance.

Now, with reference to FIGS. 4 to 10, a description will be comparatively made regarding the problems of the prior art and the solutions of the problems.

In FIGS. 4 to 10, the cross-hatching parts indicate the positions where the input information bit is ‘1’, and the other parts indicate the positions where the input information bit is ‘0’.

If, as shown in FIG. 4, the turbo interleaver shifts (or permutes) the position of the input information word, where the original symbol of the RSC1 is ‘1’, to the last position of the frame after interleaving, the number of the output symbols ‘1’ generated from the RSC2 will be very small. In this case, since the RSC1 and the RSC2 generate a very small number of the output symbols ‘1’ in accordance with Equation 1, the total free distance decreases drastically. However, if, as shown in FIG. 5, the turbo interleaver shifts the position of the input information word, where the original symbol of the RSC1 is ‘1’, to the first position or a position near the leading position of the frame after interleaving, the number of the output symbols ‘1’ generated from the RSC2 will be increased. This is because a plurality of symbols ‘1’ are output through (N−h) state transitions of the RSC2 encoder, where N is the interleaver size and h is a number of ‘1’. In this case, the RSC2 generates a great number of the output symbols ‘1’, thereby increasing the total free distance.

In addition to the decreased free distance occurring when the internal interleaver shifts the input information bit ‘1’ located at the last position of the frame to the last position of the frame as show in FIG. 4, if one of two information bits of ‘1’ located at the ending position of the frame are still located at (or near) the ending position of the frame even after interleaving as shown in FIG. 6, the total free distance will decrease.

For example, if the internal interleaver operations in the frame mode shown in FIG. 6 wherein two symbols located at the ending position of the frame are 1's and the other symbols are all 0's, then the Hamming weight of the input information word is 2. Even in this case, the number of the output symbols ‘1’ generated from the RSC1 becomes very small, since there is no more input information bit. Therefore, in accordance with Equation 1, the RSC2 should generate a great number of the output symbols ‘1’ to increase the total free distance. However, if, as shown in FIG. 6, the turbo interleaver shifts the position of the above two symbols to the ending position (or somewhere near to the ending position) of the frame even after interleaving, the RSC2 will also generate a small number of the output symbols ‘1’. However, if, as shown in FIG. 7, the turbo interleaver shifts the position of the above two symbols to the leading position (or somewhere near the leading position) of the frame, the RSC2 will generate a great number of the symbols ‘1’. That is, the RSC2 encoder outputs a plurality of the symbols ‘1’ through (N−h) state transitions (N=Interleaver Size, h=a number of symbol ‘1’). In this case, therefore, the RSC2 generates the increased number of output symbols ‘1’, thereby increasing the total free distance.

This principle can be expanded to the case where the turbo interleaver operates in the frame mode shown in FIG. 8 wherein a plurality of information bits ‘1’ exist at the ending period (or duration) of the frame and the other information bits are all 0's. Even in this case, the total free distance is increased by shifting the information bits exiting at the ending position of the frame to the leading position of the frame or to positions nearer to the leading position, as shown in FIG. 8. Of course, since the turbo code is the linear block code, even the new information word obtained by adding a non-zero information word to such an information word has the same property. Therefore, a description below will be made on the basis of the all-zero information word.

In conclusion, when designing the turbo interleaver, the following conditions as well as the random property and the distance property should be satisfied to guarantee performance of the turbo decoder and the free distance of the turbo encoder.

These conditions are applicable to a 2-dimensional turbo interleaver as well as the above-described 1-dimensional interleaver. The 1-dimensional interleaver performs interleaving, regarding the input information frame as a group, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 8. The 2-dimensional interleaver performs interleaving by dividing the input information frame into a plurality of groups. FIG. 9 shows 2-dimensional interleaving wherein the input information word has the Hamming weight 1.

As illustrated, the input information bits are sequentially written in the respective groups (or rows). That is, the input information bits are sequentially written in the groups (or rows) r0, r1, . . . , r(R−1). In each group, the input information bits are sequentially written from the left to the right. Thereafter, a turbo interleaving algorithm randomly changes the positions of R×C elements (i.e., input information bits), where R is the number of rows, C is the number of columns or, equivalently, the number of information bits in a group. In this case, it is preferable to design the turbo interleaving algorithm such that the information bit located at the last position (or the rightmost position) of the last group should be located at the foremost position, if possible, during output. Of course, depending on the order of selecting the groups, the input information bit located at the last position may be shifted to the foremost position (or close thereto) of the corresponding group. Further, Condition 1 and Condition 2 can be normalized in a k-dimensional turbo interleaver (where k>2) as well as the 2-dimensional interleaver.

FIG. 10 shows a case where the input information word has the Hamming weight of over 2. As shown, the information bits located at the last position of the last group are shifted to the leading positions of the last group by interleaving. Of course, the detailed shifting (or interleaving) rule is determined according to an algorithm for a specific interleaver. The invention presents Condition 1 and Condition 2 which should be necessarily satisfied in determining the interleaving rule.

Next, a description will be made of the PIL interleaver having the problems of the prior art at the case of

  • B-3) Select the minimum prime integer set {qj, j=0,1,2, . . . , R−1} such that g.c.d {qj,p−1}=1, qj>6 and qj>q(j-1), where g.c.d is a greatest common divider and q0=1
  • B-4) {pj, j=0,1,2, . . . , R−1} which is a new prime number set is calculated from {qj, j=0,1,2, . . . , R−1} such that pp(j)=qj where, j=0, 1, . . . R−1 and p(j) is the inter-row permutation pattern defined in the third stage.
  • B-5) Elements of the jth intra-row permutation as following method.
    Cj(i)=C([i×pj]mod(p−1)), i=0,1,2,3, . . . , p−2,
    Cj(p−1)=0,
    and
    Cj(p)=p
  • A third stage, Perform the row-permutation based on the following p(j) (j=0,1,2 . . . , R−1) patterns, where p(j) is the original row position of the j-th permuted row. The usage of these patterns is as follows; when the number of input information bit K is 320 to 480 bit perform group selection pattern pA, when the number of input information bit K is 481 to 530 bit perform group selection pattern pc, when the number of input information bit K is 531 to 2280 bit perform group selection pattern pA, when the number of input information bit K is 2281 to 2480 bit perform group selection pattern pB, when the number of input information bit K is 2481 to 3160 bit perform group selection pattern pA, when the number of input information bit K is 3161 to 3210 bit perform group selection pattern pB, and when the number of input information bit K is 3211 to 5114 bit perform group selection pattern pA. The group selection pattern is as follow;

    It should be noted herein that the last operation of B-5) is defined as Cj(p)=p. That is, this means that when the position of the input information bit before interleaving is p, the position of the input information bit is maintained at the position p even after PIL interleaving. Therefore, for the last group (j=19), the information bits CR-1(P)=C19(p) existing at the last position maintain the same position i=P which is the last position of the 19th group. Therefore, Condition 2 for designing the turbo interleaver is not satisfied.

    That is, to solve the problem that the PIL interleaver has, algorithm step B-5) may be modified by performing an additional step after step B-5 as follows. The invention presents six methods of B-5-1) to B-5-6), by way of example. Among these, an optimal performance can be determined through simulations in the light of the properties of the turbo interleaver.

    One of the following 6 methods are selected.

    FIGS. 11 and 12 show a block diagram and a flow chart according to an embodiment of the present invention, respectively.

    Referring to FIG. 11, a row vector permutation block (or row vector permutation index generator) 912 generates an index for selecting a row vector according to counting of a row counter 911, and provides the generated index to a high address buffer of the address buffer 918. The row vector permutation block 912 is a group selector for sequentially or randomly selecting, when the input information word is divided into a plurality of groups, the divided groups. A column vector permutation block (or column vector's elements permutation index generator) 914 generates, depending on a modified PIL algorithm 915, an index for permuting the positions of the elements in the corresponding row vector (or group) according to counting of a column counter 913, and provides the generated index to a low address buffer of the address buffer 918. The column vector permutation block 914 is a randomizer for permuting the position of the information bits in the group, which were sequentially stored in the order of input, according to a given rule. A RAM (Random Access Memory) 917 stores temporary data generated in the process of the program. A look-up table 916 stores parameters for interleaving and the primitive root. The addresses obtained by row permutation and column permutation (i.e., the addresses stored in the address buffer 918) are used as addresses for interleaving.

    FIG. 12 shows a flow chart of the modified PIL algorithm. A description below relates to the second stage, Case-B, in the PIL algorithm. Referring to FIG. 12, a primitive root g0 is selected from a given random initialization constant table, in step 1011. Thereafter, in step 1013, a base sequence C(i) for randomizing the elements (or information bits) of the group is generated using the following formula.
    C(i)=[g0×C(i−1)]mod p, i=1,2,3, . . . ,p−2, C(0)=1

    Thereafter, in step 1015, a minimum prime number set {qj, j=0,1,2, . . . , R−1} given for the algorithm is calculated. Then, in step 1017, a prime number set {pj=0,1,2, . . . , R−1} is calculated from the calculated minimum prime number set. Next, in step 1019, the elements of an jth group are randomized in the following method.
    Cj(i)=c([i×pj]mod(p−1), i=0,1,2,3, . . . , p−2,
    Cj(p−1)=0

    Here, in order to increase the minimum free distance of the turbo encoder while randomizing the elements of the group, one of B-5-1) to B-5-6) is selected to permute (or shift) the information bits existing at the last position of the frame to other positions after interleaving.

    B-5-1) means that the positions of the first information bit and the last information bit in the last group are exchanged with each other. B-5-2) means that the last two information bits in the last group are exchanged with each other. B-5-3) means that for every group, the information bit existing at the last position and the information bit existing at the foremost position are exchanged with each other. B-5-4) means that for every group, the positions of the last two information bits are exchanged. B-5-5) means that for every group, an optimal position k for a given interleaving rule is searched to exchange a position of the information bit existing at the last position of each row with a position of the information bit existing at the position k. Finally, B-5-6) means that for the last group, an optimal position k for a given interleaving rule is searched to exchange a position of the information bit existing at the last position with a position of the information bit existing at the position k.

    By applying the modified algorithm to the PIL interleaver, it is possible to prevent a decrease in the free distance of the turbo encoder. Table 2 below shows a weight spectrum of the PIL interleaver before modification, and Table 3 below shows a weight spectrum of the PIL interleaver after modification.

    In Tables 2 and 3, K indicates the size of the input information frame, Dfree(1) indicates a free distance calculated with the CISP for which the input information word has the Hamming weight 1, and Dfree(2) indicates a free distance calculated with the CISP for which the input information word has the Hamming weigh 2. For example, for K=600, Dfree(1) of the original PIL interleaver is indicated by 25/39/49/53/57/ . . . in Table 2, and this means that the minimum free distance is 25 and the next minimum free distance is 39. Similarly, Dfree(2)=38/38/42/ . . . means that the minimum free distance is 38. Therefore, it is noted that the minimum free distance is determined according to the free distance by the CISP with the Hamming weight 1. To prevent a decrease in the free distance by the CISP with the Hamming weight 1, the invention uses the B-5-1) method in this example. That is, Dfree(1) is improved by removing the CISP with the Hamming 1.

    Table 2 below shows a weight spectrum of the PIL interleaver before modification.

    TABLE 2
    K Dfree(1) Dfree(2)
    600 Pos. = 599, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 29, min_pl = 36, Min. Weight = 38
    25/39/49/53/57/61/65/67/67/77/ 38/38/42/42/42/42/42/42/42/42/
    640 Pos. = 630, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 440, min_pl = 447, Min. Weight = 40
    25/37/53/53/53/69/71/73/75/77/ 40/40/42/42/44/44/46/46/46/48/
    760 Pos. = 759, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 33, minpl = 40, Min. Weight = 38
    25/41/57/57/59/69/75/77/81/83/ 38/38/38/42/42/42/42/44/44/50/
    840 Pos. = 839, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 461, minpl = 468, Min. Weight = 36
    25/45/57/65/65/79/79/83/85/87/ 36/38/40/42/42/42/44/46/46/46/
    880 Pos. = 879, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 294, minpl = 308, Min. Weight = 40
    25/47/57/61/65/71/83/89/93/93/ 40/44/46/46/46/48/54/56/56/58/
    960 Pos. = 959, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 568, minpl = 575, Min. Weight = 36
    25/45/61/65/69/71/73/87/87/89/ 36/38/38/42/42/42/42/44/44/46/
    1080 Pos. = 1079, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 1016, minpl = 1030, Min. Weight = 42
    25/49/61/65/67/77/85/89/93/97/ 42/42/46/48/48/50/52/52/54/54/
    1200 Pos. = 1199, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 953, minpl = 967, Min. Weight = 38
    25/53/65/69/85/85/89/89/95/103/ 38/38/42/42/42/42/46/48/50/50/
    1240 Pos. = 1239, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 1053, minpl = 1060, Min. Weight = 38
    25/53/67/69/71/85/93/93/103/105/ 38/38/40/40/42/42/46/46/46/48/
    1360 Pos. = 1359, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 64, minpl = 71, Min. Weight = 38
    25/57/65/73/85/91/93/105/107/107/ 38/42/42/42/42/44/46/46/46/50/
    1440 Pos. = 1439, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 497, minpl = 504, Min. Weight = 36
    25/53/63173/77/87/89/97/105/109/ 36/42/42/46/46/50/50/52/54/58/
    1480 Pos. = 1479, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 1103, minpl = 1110, Min. Weight = 42
    25/61/65/77/77/83/95/101/109/117/ 42/42/44/48/50/50/50/50/54/54/
    1600 Pos. = 1599, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 315, minpl = 322, Min. Weight = 38
    25/61/65/83/83/93/97/105/105/113/ 38/38/38/40/42/44/50/50/50/54/
    1680 Pos. = 1679, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 504, minpl = 518, Min. Weight = 44
    25/69/69/81/89/95/103/113/117/125/ 44/46/50/50/52/52/54/62/62/62/
    1800 Pos. = 1799, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 1439, minpl = 1446, Min. Weight = 34
    25/69/81/85/105/105/109/109/117/ 34/42/42/42/46/48/50/58/60/62/
    1960 Pos. = 1959, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 1161, minpl = 1175, Min. Weight = 40
    25/77/79/83/89/91/97/109/113/125/ 40/44/44/46/48/50/50/52/54/64/
    2040 Pos. = 2039, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 1932, minpl = 1939, Min. Weight = 38
    25/75/77/77/93/109/109/113/129/133/ 38/40/54/54/56/64/64/74/74/74/
    2080 Pos. = 2079, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 928, minpl = 935, Min. Weight = 40
    25/69/77/81/93/103/109/111/119/121/ 40/42/46/54/54/56/58/72/76/88/
    2160 Pos. = 2159, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 644, minpl = 651, Min. Weight = 38
    25/77/81/93/93/97/99/105/107/129/ 38/42/46/50/52/54/54/54/54/60/
    2200 Pos. = 2199, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 1973, minpl = 1980, Min. Weight = 42
    25/57/63/81/97/101/117/121/133/141/ 42/42/44/52/52/54/54/54/60/62/
    2280 Pos. = 2279, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 1136, minpl = 1150, Min. Weight = 42
    25/75/87/89/97/101/113/121/133/139/ 42/42/42/44/50/54/54/54/62/62/
    2560 Pos. = 2559, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 1663, minpl = 1670, Min. Weight = 42
    25/71/73/95/97/109/119/149/149/153/ 42/42/46/48/54/56/56/56/62/62/
    2640 Pos. = 2639, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 1582, minpl = 1589, Min. Weight = 38
    25/87/93/101/109/117/119/133/141/143/ 38/42/42/42/44/46/50/56/62/66/
    2760 Pos. = 2759, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 820, minpl = 834, Min. Weight = 42
    25/97/101/103/113/113/121/141/143/ 42/48/52/54/58/62/62/66/66/66/
    2800 Pos. = 2799, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 412, minpl = 419, Min. Weight = 44
    25/85/97/97/101/101/113/119/137/137/ 44/58/62/62/70/72/72/76/80/82/
    3000 Pos. = 2999, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 2396, minpl = 2403, Min. Weight = 34
    25/85/89/105/123/127/155/157/165/171/ 34/38/40/50/54/54/54/58/74/76/
    3040 Pos. = 3039, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 604, minpl = 611, Min. Weight = 38
    25/61/89/95/105/115/121/133/135/141/ 38/38/42/46/46/52/52/64/66/76/
    3160 Pos. = 3159, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 2524, minpl = 2538, Min. Weight = 38
    25/101/101/105/109/125/127/141/145/149/ 38/42/46/56/68/76/76/78/90/90/
    3280 Pos. = 3279, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 3109, minpl = 3123, Min. Weight = 42
    25/93/105/113/121/125/125/131/131/133/ 42/50/52/62/62/76/90/90/90/90/
    3360 Pos. = 3359, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 3019, minpl = 3026, Min. Weight = 42
    25/71/73/107/117/129/141/141/153/169/ 42/52/54/66/76/80/88/90/90/90/
    3480 Pos. = 3479, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 1042, minpl = 1049, Min. Weight = 38
    25/87/99/105/113/117/133/133/141/145/ 38/38/54/54/56/58/58/58/60/62/
    3600 Pos. = 3599, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 1438, minpl = 1445, Min. Weight = 42
    25/97/109/121/137/139/153/167/167/177/ 42/46/48/54/54/62/74/76/90,90/
    3640 Pos. = 3639, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 3262, minpl = 3276, Min. Weight = 54
    25/87/97/125/137/137/137/149/163/169/ 54/58/58/62/66/68/72/74/82/88/
    3840 Pos. = 3839, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 759, minpl = 773, Min. Weight = 42
    25/53/97/115/117/129/145/147/151/153/ 42/56/58/62/62/62/62/66/70/72/
    3880 Pos. = 3879, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 383 minpl = 397, Min. Weight = 54
    25/91/93/121/129/133/145/173/173/177/ 54/56/60/62/66/74/86/90/90/90/
    3960 Pos. = 3959, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 1372 minpl = 1386, Min. Weight = 40
    25/91/105/125/125/133/135/137/141/143/ 40/62/68/78/88/90/90/90/90/90/
    4000 Pos. = 3999, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 797 minpl = 804, Min. Weight = 38
    25/75/85/133/149/149/149/153/161/175/ 38/42/42/50/54/54/54/54/54/56/
    4240 Pos. = 4239, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 3392, minpl = 3399, Min. Weight = 40
    25/109/119/143/151/153/157/165/169/193/ 40/42/42/46/50/66/80/90/90/90/
    4480 Pos. = 4479, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 892, minpl = 899, Min. Weight = 38
    25/89/89/89/117/119/137/149/159/161/ 38/38/42/42/42/46/54/64/90/90/
    4560 Pos. = 4559, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 1368, minpl = 1382, Min. Weight = 44
    25/113/121/125/137/149/161/165/175/177/ 44/58/66/68/70/70/82/84/86/88/
    4600 Pos. = 4599, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 3676, minpl = 3683, Min. Weight = 34
    25/69/107/121/129/149/151/153/159/161/ 34/48/50/58/62/66/66/76/86/90/
    4680 Pos. = 4679, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 928, minpl = 942, Min. Weight = 42
    25/99/109/137/143/153/171/177/179/187/ 42/44/50/58/62/62/64/68/84/86/
    4800 Pos. = 4799, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 949, minpl = 963, Min. Weight = 42
    25/65/83/129/133/141/157/159/165/169/ 42/42/50/56/58/66/66/66/70/70/
    4840 Pos. = 4839, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 3858, minpl = 3872, Min. Weight = 42
    25/95/129/141/145/151/157/161/173/177/ 42/72/80/82/84/90/90/90/90/90/
    5040 Pos. = 5039, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 4534, minpl = 4548, Min. Weight = 46
    25/157/165/165/175/177/189/189/193/197/ 46/54/54/58/60/60/62/76/82/90/
    5160 Pos. = 5159, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 2314, minpl = 2321, Min. Weight = 40
    25/81/95/137/137/145/147/165/181/185/ 40/40/46/50/58/58/58/62/66/84/
    5280 Pos. = 5279, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 1579, minpl = 1593, Min. Weight = 42
    25/75/101/109/133/137/165/169/181/185/ 42/50/62/66/70/72/82/82/90/90/
    5400 Pos. = 5399, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 5124, minpl = 5131, Min. Weight = 38
    25/99/117/117/125/133/169/173/189/197/ 38/50/52/54/58/72/90/90/90/90/
    5440 Pos. = 5439, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 4617, minpl = 4624, Min. Weight = 50
    25/73/109/143/169/169/169/173/175/181/ 50/58/60/62/76/90/90/90/90/90/
    5560 Pos. = 5559, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 4441, minpl = 4448, Min. Weight = 38
    25/105/141/143/177/181/189/193/193/201/ 38/42/46/54/66/78/84/88/88/90/
    5640 Pos. = 5639, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 1120, minpl = 1134, Min. Weight = 42
    25/101/115/145/153/153/153/165/169/173/ 42/62/76/86/86/90/90/90/90/90/
    5680 Pos. = 5679, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 851, minpl = 858, Min. Weight = 50
    25/101/145/165/173/181/187/187/193/197/ 50/54/62/74/78/80/82/84/88/88/
    5880 Pos. = 5879, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 4410, minpl = 4417, Min. Weight = 42
    25/103/129/161/173/177/189/199/201/201/ 42/52/72/80/90/90/90/90/90/90/
    6160 Pos. = 6159, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 5849, minpl = 5863, Min. Weight = 42
    25/129/155/157/165/187/197/205/209/217/ 42/44/46/58/90/90/90/90/90/90/
    6240 Pos. = 6239, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 305, minpl = 319, Min. Weight = 42
    25/119/119/123/169/185/197/199/213/213/ 42/42/62/80/90/90/90/90/90/90/
    6280 Pos. = 6279, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 5323, minpl = 5337, Min. Weight = 44
    25/117/133/137/161/175/177/195/197/197/ 44/68/72/72/80/88/90/90,90/90/
    6360 Pos. = 6359, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 5081, minpl = 5095, Min. Weight = 38
    25/109/137/141/141/145/147/161/187/201/ 38/42/46/62/78/86/90/90/90/90/
    6640 Pos. = 6639, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 3645, minpl = 3652, Min. Weight = 44
    25/101/109/139/147/175/177/185/209/217/ 44/54/58/60/64/90/90/90/90/90/
    6760 Pos. = 6759, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 6409, minpl = 6423, Min. Weight = 42
    25/105/125/165/203/215/217/229/249/249/ 42/50/70/84/90/90/90/90,90/90/
    6960 Pos. = 6959, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 5565, minpl = 5572, Min. Weight = 34
    25/123/145/145/161/209/211/217/219/223/ 34/50/54/62/66/80/82/88/90/90/
    7000 Pos. = 6999, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 3846, minpl = 3853, Min. Weight = 38
    25/111/145/145/197/221/221/233/235/237/ 38/52/54/60/62/72/84/90/90/90/
    7080 Pos. = 7079, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 2122, minpl = 2129, Min. Weight = 38
    25/117/129/161/165/169/171/175/175/177/ 38/42/50/54/54/58/72/84/88/90/
    7200 Pos. = 7199, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 6833, minpl = 6840, Min. Weight = 44
    25/167/169/173/185/185/215/217/225/225/ 44/50/66/84/90/90/90/90/90/90/
    7360 Pos. = 7359, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 1836, minpl = 1843, Min. Weight = 46
    25/81/157/169/173/173/183/221/221/221/ 46/60/72/82/82/90/90/90/90/90/
    7480 Pos. = 7479, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 1865, minpl = 1872, Min. Weight = 46
    25/117/153/201/207/217/217/227/229/233/ 46/66/66/72/82/82/90/90/90/90/
    7600 Pos. = 7599, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 1893, minpl = 1900, Min. Weight = 46
    25/125/155/157/201/221/223/239/245/251/ 46/56/58/72/84/90/90/90/90/90/
    7680 Pos. = 7679, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 2865, minpl = 2872, Min. Weight = 78
    25/133/153/157/189/207/237/241/243/253/ 78/90/90/90/90/90/90/90/90/90/
    7800 Pos. = 7799, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 1170, minpl = 1184, Min. Weight = 44
    25/115/151/157/181/193/209/241/249/251/ 44/50/64/72/76/80/86/90/90/90/
    7960 Pos. = 7959, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 398, minpl = 405, Min. Weight = 40
    25/135/145/153/169/169/185/217/223/223/ 40/80/86/88/90/90/90/90/90/90/
    8040 Pos. = 8039, Min. Weight = 25 Pos. = 7054, minpl = 7068, Min. Weight = 56
    25/109/109/111/141/185/201/219/241/249/ 56/68/90/90/90/90/90/90/90/90/

    Table 3 below shows a weight spectrum of the PIL interleaver after modification, where one modification step is selected and used for all frames.

    TABLE 3
    K Dfree(1)/PILSS Dfree(2)/PILSS
    600 pos. = 569, Min. Weight = 39 pos. = 29, minpl = 36, Min. Weight = 38
    39/41/49/53/57/61/65/67/67/77/ 38/38/42/42/42/42/42/42/42/42/
    640 Pos. = 607, Min. Weight = 37 pos. = 440, minpl = 447, Min. Weight = 40
    37/43/53/53/53/69/71/73/75/77/ 40/40/42/42/44/44/46/46/46/48/
    760 Pos. = 721, Min. Weight = 41 pos. = 33, minpl = 40, Min. Weight = 38
    41/45/57/57/59/69/75/77/81/83/ 38/38/38/42/42/42/42/44/44/50/
    840 pos. = 797, Min. Weight = 45 pos. = 461, minpl = 468, Min. Weight = 36
    45/45/57/65/65/79/79/83/85/87/ 36/38/40/42/42/42/44/46/46/46/
    880 pos. = 835, Min. Weight = 47 pos. = 294, minpl = 308, Min. Weight = 40
    47/49/57/61/65/71/83/89/93/93/ 40/44/46/46/46/48/54/56/56/58/62/
    960 pos. = 911, Min. Weight = 45 pos. = 568, minpl = 575, Min. Weight = 36
    45/49/61/65/69/71/73/87/87/89/ 36/38/38/42/42/42/42/44/44/46/
    1080 pos. = 1025, Min. Weight = 49 pos. = 1016, minpl = 1030, Min. Weight = 42
    49/53/61/65/67/77/85/89/93/97/ 42/42/46/48/48/50/52/52/54/54/
    1200 pos. = 1139, Min. Weight = 25 pos. = 953, minpl = 967, Min. Weight = 38
    53/59/65/69/85/85/89/89/95/103/ 38/38/42/42/42/42/46/48/50/50/
    1240 pos. = 1177, Min. Weight = 53 pos. = 1053, minpl = 1060, Min. Weight = 38
    53/57/67/69/71/85/93/93/103/105/ 38/38/40/40/42/42/46/46/46/48/
    1360 pos. = 1291, Min. Weight = 53 pos. = 64, minpl = 71, Min. Weight = 38
    57/61/65/73/85/91/93/105/107/107/ 38/42/42/42/42144/46/46/46/50/
    1440 pos. = 1429, Min. Weight = 53 pos. = 497, minpl = 504, Min. Weight = 36
    53/63/65/73/77/87/89/97/105/109/ 36/42/42/46/46/50/50/52/54/58/
    1480 pos. = 1405, Min. Weight = 61 pos. = 1103, minpl = 1110, Min. Weight = 42
    61/65/67/77/77/83/95/101/109/117/ 42/42/44/48/50/50/50/50/54/54/
    1600 pos. = 1573, Min. Weight = 61 pos. = 315, minpl = 322, Min. Weight = 38
    61/65/69/83/83/93/97/105/105/113/ 38/38/38/40/42/44/50/50/50/54/
    1680 pos. = 1595, Min. Weight = 69 pos. = 504, minpl = 518, Min. Weight = 44
    69/69/69/81/89/95/103/113/117/125/ 44/46/50/50/52/52/54/62/62/62/
    1800 pos. = 1709, Min. Weight = 69 pos. = 1439, minpl = 1446, Min. Weight = 34
    69/73/81/85/105/105/109/109/117/ 34/42/42/42/46/48/50/58/60/62/
    1960 pos. = 1861, Min. Weight = 77 pos. = 1161, minpl = 1175, Min. Weight = 40
    77/77/79/83/89/91/97/109/113/125/ 40/44/44/46/48/50/50/52/54/64/
    2040 pos. = 2014, Min. Weight = 75 pos. = 1114, minpl = 1121, Min. Weight = 40
    75/77/77/83/93/109/109/113/129/133/ 40/54/54/56/64/64/74/74/74/80/
    2080 pos. = 2038, Min. Weight = 69 pos. = 928, minpl = 935, Min. Weight = 40
    69/77/81/81/93/103/109/111/119/121/ 40/42/46/54/54/56/58/72/76/88/
    2160 pos. = 2106, Min. Weight = 77 pos. = 644, minpl = 651, Min. Weight = 38
    77/81/85/93/93/97/99/105/107/129/ 38/42/46/50/52/54/54/54/54/60/
    2200 pos. = 2181, Min. Weight = 57 pos. = 1973, minpl = 1980, Min. Weight = 42
    57/63/81/95/97/101/117/121/133/141/ 42/42/44/52/52/54/54/54/60/62/
    2280 pos. = 2254, Min. Weight = 75 pos. = 1136, minpl = 1150, Min. Weight = 42
    75/87/89/89/97/101/113/121/133/139/ 42/42/42/44/50/54/54/54/62/62/
    2560 pos. = 2545, Min. Weight = 71 pos. = 1663, minpl = 1670, Min. Weight = 42
    71/73/95/97/97/109/119/149/149/153/ 42/46/48/54/56/56/56/62/64/72/
    2640 pos. = 2574, Min. Weight = 87 pos. = 1582, minpl = 1589, Min. Weight = 38
    87/93/97/101/109/117/119/133/141/143/ 38/42/42/42/44/46/50/56/62/66/
    2760 pos. = 2621, Min. Weight = 97 pos. = 820, minpl = 834, Min. Weight = 42
    97/101/101/103/113/113/121/141/143/ 42/48/52/54/58/62/62/66/66/66/
    2800 pos. = 2730, Min. Weight = 85 pos. = 412, minpl = 419, Min. Weight = 44
    85/97/97/101/101/101/113/119/137/137/ 44/58/62/62/66/70/72/72/76/80/
    3000 pos. = 2962, Min. Weight = 85 pos. = 2396, minpl = 2403, Min. Weight = 34
    85/89/105/109/123/127/155/157/165/171/ 34/38/40/50/54/54/54/58/74/76/
    3040 pos. = 3014, Min. Weight = 61 pos. = 604, minpl = 611, Min. Weight = 38
    61/89/95/105/109/115/121/133/135/141/ 38/38/42/46/46/52/52/64/66/76/
    3160 pos. = 3065, Min. Weight = 101 pos. = 2524, minpl = 2538, Min. Weight = 38
    101/101/105/109/115/125/127/141/145/149/ 38/42/46/56/68/76/76/78/90/90/
    3280 pos. = 3198, Min. Weight = 93 pos. = 3109, minpl = 3123, Min. Weight = 42
    93/105/113/117/121/125/125/131/131/133/ 42/50/52/62/62/76/90/90/90/90/
    3360 pos. = 3339, Min. Weight = 71 pos. = 3019, minpl = 3026, Min. Weight = 42
    71/73/107/117/117/129/141/141/153/169/ 42/52/54/66/76/80/88/90/90/90/
    3480 pos. = 3436, Min. Weight = 87 pos. = 1042, minpl = 1049, Min. Weight = 38
    87/99/105/113/117/121/133/133/141/145/ 38/38/54/54/56/58/58/58/60/62/
    3600 pos. = 3510, Min. Weight = 97 pos. = 1438, minpl = 1445, Min. Weight = 42
    97/109/121/125/137/139/153/167/167/177/ 42/46/48/54/54/62/74/76/90/90/
    3640 pos. = 3594, Min. Weight = 87 pos. = 3262, minpl = 3276, Min. Weight = 54
    87/97/125/125/137/137/137/149/163/169/ 54/58/58/62/66/68/72/74/82/88/
    3840 pos. = 3829, Min. Weight = 53 pos. = 759, minpl = 773, Min. Weight = 42
    53/97/115/117/129/133/145/147/151/153/ 42/56/58/62/62/62/62/66/70/72/
    3880 pos. = 3825, Min. Weight = 91 pos. = 383 minpl = 397, Min. Weight = 54
    91/93/121/129/133/133/145/173/173/177/ 54/56/60/62/66174/86/90/90/90/
    3960 pos. = 3910, Min. Weight = 91 pos. = 1372 minpl = 1386, Min. Weight = 40
    91/105/125/125/133/135/137/137/141/143/ 40/62/68/78/88/90/90/90/90/90/
    4000 pos. = 3977, Min. Weight = 75 pos. = 797 minpl = 804, .Min. Weight = 38
    75/85/133/139/149/149/149/153/161/175/ 38/42/42/50/5454/54/54/54/56/
    4240 pos. = 4134, Min. Weight = 109 pos. = 3392, minpl = 3399, Min. Weight = 40
    109/119/143/145/151/153/157/165/169/193/ 40/42/42/46/50/66/80/90/90/90/
    4480 pos. = 4405, Min. Weight = 89 pos. = 892, minpl = 899, Min. Weight = 38
    89/89/89/117/119/137/149/149/159/161/ 38/38/42/42/42/46/54/64/90/90/
    4560 pos. = 4446, Min. Weight = 113 pos. = 1368, minpl = 1382, Min. Weight = 44
    113/121/125/137/149/155/161/165/175/177/ 44/58/66/68/70/70/82/84/86/88/
    4600 pos. = 4561, Min. Weight = 69 pos. = 3676, minpl = 3683, Min. Weight = 34
    69/107/121/129/149/151/153/153/159/161/ 34/48/50/58/62/66/66/76/86/90/
    4680 pos. = 4656, Min. Weight = 99 pos. = 928, minpl = 942, Min. Weight = 42
    99/109/137/143/153/171/171/177/179/187/ 42/44/50/58/62/62/64/68/84/86/
    4800 pos. = 4765, Min. Weight = 65 pos. = 949, minpl = 963, Min. Weight = 42
    65/83/129/133/141/157/159/161/165/169/ 42/42/50/56/58/66/66/66/70/70/
    4840 pos. = 4780, Min. Weight = 95 pos. = 3858, minpl = 3872, Min. Weight = 42
    95/129/141/145/151/157/161/163/173/177/ 42/72/80/82/84/90/90/90/90/90/
    5040 pos. = 5029, Min. Weight = 157 pos. = 4534, minpl = 4548, Min. Weight = 46
    157/165/165/165/175/177/189/189/193/197/ 46/54/54/58/60/60/62/76/82/90/
    5160 pos. = 5140, Min. Weight = 81 pos. = 2314, minpl = 2321, Min. Weight = 40
    81/95/137/137/145/147/165/169/181/185/ 40/40/46/50/58/58/58/62/66/84/
    5280 pos. = 5285, Min. Weight = 75 pos. = 1579, minpl = 1593, Min. Weight = 42
    75/101/109/133/137/165/169/173/181/185/ 42/50/62/66/70/72/82/82/90/90/
    5400 pos. = 5332, Min. Weight = 99 pos. = 1883, minpl = 1890, Min. Weight = 50
    99/117/117/125/133/169/173/179/189/197/ 50/52/54/58/72/90/90/90/90/90/
    5440 pos. = 5394, Min. Weight = 73 pos. = 4617, minpl = 4624, Min. Weight = 50
    73/109/143/169/169/169/173/175/177/181/ 50/58/60/62/76/90/90/90/90/90/
    5560 pos. = 5520, Min. Weight = 105 pos. = 4441, minpl = 4448, Min. Weight = 38
    105/141/143/177/181/181/189/193/193/201/ 38/42/46/54/6628/84/88/88/90/
    5640 pos. = 5587, Min. Weight = 101 pos. = 1120, minpl = 1134, Min. Weight = 42
    101/115/145/153/153/153/165/169/173/173/ 42/62/76/86/86/90/90/90/90/90/
    5680 pos. = 5585, Min. Weight = 101 pos. = 851, minpl = 858, Min. Weight = 50
    101/145/165/173/181/187/187/187/193/197/ 50/54/62/14/78/80/82/84/88/88/
    5880 pos. = 5806, Min. Weight = 103 pos. = 4410, minpl = 4417, Min. Weight = 42
    103/129/161/173/177/189/189/199/201/201/ 42/52/72/80/90/90/90/90/90/90/
    6160 pos. = 6111, Min. Weight = 129 pos. = 5849, minpl = 5863, Min. Weight = 42
    129/155/157/165/187/197/197/205/209/217/ 42/44/46/58/90/90/90/90/90/90/
    6240 pos. = 6140, Min. Weight = 119 pos. = 305, minpl = 319, Min. Weight = 42
    119/119/123/169/185/197/199/203/213/213/ 42/42/62/80/90/90/90/90/90/90/
    6280 pos. = 6234, Min. Weight = 117 pos. = 5323, minpl = 5337, Min. Weight = 44
    117/133/137/161/175/177/195/197/197/199/ 44/68/72/72/80/88/90/90/90/90/
    6360 pos. = 6280, Min. Weight = 109 pos. = 5081, minpl = 5095, Min. Weight = 38
    109/137/141/141/145/147/161/187/201/205/ 38/42/46/62/78/86/90/90/90/90/
    6640 pos. = 6590, Min. Weight = 101 pos. = 3645, minpl = 3652, Min. Weight = 44
    101/109/139/147/175/177/185/209/213/217/ 44/54/58/60/64/90/90/90/90/90/
    6760 pos. = 6658, Min. Weight = 105 pos. = 670, minpl = 677, Min. Weight = 50
    105/125/165/203/215/217/217/229/249/249/ 50/70/84/90/90/90/90/90/90/90/
    6960 pos. = 6894, Min. Weight = 123 pos. = 5565, minpl = 5572, Min. Weight = 34
    123/145/145/161/209/211/217/219/221/223/ 34/50/54/62/66/80/82/88/90/90/
    7000 pos. = 6912, Min. Weight = 111 pos. = 3846, minpl = 3853, Min. Weight = 38
    111/145/145/197/221/221/221/233/235/237/ 38/52/54/60/62/72/84/90/90/90/
    7080 pos. = 7018, Min. Weight = 117 pos. = 2122, minpl = 2129, Min. Weight = 38
    117/129/161/165/169/171/175/175/177/181/ 38/42/50/54/54/58/72/84/88/90/
    7200 pos. = 6994, Min. Weight = 167 pos. = 6833, minpl = 6840, Min. Weight = 44
    167/169/173/185/185/215/217/225/225/229/ 44/50/66184/90/90/90/90/90/90/
    7360 pos. = 7298, Min. Weight = 81 pos. = 1836, minpl = 1843, Min. Weight = 46
    81/157/169/173/173/183/221/221/221/229/ 46/60/72/82/82/90/90/90/90/90/
    7480 pos. = 7386, Min. Weight = 117 pos. = 1865, minpl = 1872, Min. Weight = 46
    117/153/201/207/217/217/227/229/233/233/ 46/66/66/72/82/82/90/90/90/90/
    7600 pos. = 7528, Min. Weight = 125 pos. = 1893, minpl = 1900, Min. Weight = 46
    125/155/157/201/221/223/239/241/245/251/ 46/56/58/72/84/90/90/90/90/90/
    7680 pos. = 7526, Min. Weight = 133 pos. = 2865, minpl = 2872, Min. Weight = 78
    133/153/157/189/207/237/241/241/243/253/ 78/90/90/90/90/90/90/90/90/90/
    7800 pos. = 7702, Min. Weight = 115 pos. = 1170, minpl = 1184, Min. Weight = 44
    115/151/157/181/193/209/241/245/249/251/ 44/50/64/72176/80/86/90/90/90/
    7960 pos. = 7832, Min. Weight = 135 Pos. = 398, minpl = 405, Min. Weight = 40
    135/145/153/169/169/185/217/223/223/237 40/80/86188/90/90/90190/90/90/
    8040 pos. = 8006, Min. Weight = 109 pos. = 7054, minpl = 7068, Min. Weight = 56
    109/109/111/141/185/201/219/241/249/253 56/68/90/90/90/90/90/90/90/90/

    As described above, the novel turbo encoder suppresses a decreases in the free distance dfree caused by one or more information bits of ‘1’ located at the last period of a data frame input to the component encoder, using the internal interleaver, thereby contributing to implementation of a turbo encoder with high performance.

    While the invention has been shown and described with reference to a certain preferred embodiment thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

    Kim, Min-goo, Lee, Young-hwan, Kim, Beong-Jo, Choi, Soon-Jae

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