A Reduced Complexity Linear QC-LDPC Encoding with Parity Vector Correction Technique

A new approach for encoding one class of quasi-cyclic low-density parity-check (QC-LDPC) codes is proposed. The proposed encoding method is applicable to parity-check matrices having dual-diagonal parity structure with single column of weight three in the parity generation region. Instead of finding the parity bits directly, the proposed method finds parity bits through vector correction. While the proposed LDPC encoding scheme is readily applicable to matrices defined in the IEEE physical layer standards, the computational complexity of the post processing operation for extraction of correction vector requires less effort than solving the linear equations involved with finding the parity bit as proposed by Myung et al. key words: quasi-cyclic low-density parity-check (QC-LDPC) codes, LDPC encoder, dual-diagonal parity-check codes