Non-Binary Protograph-Based LDPC Codes for Short Block Lengths

摘要

Short block codes are in demand by international space agencies for transmission of command and control data to spacecraft in the uplink channel. Codes that outperform currently used binary codes with the same block lengths and code rates are desirable. A design method constructs non-binary LDPC (low-density parity-check) codes both for unconstrained non-binary protograph-based codes and the new class of constrained protograph-based codes. The non-binary short block codes outperform the binary version by at least 1 dB for the same block size and code rate.