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LDPC kodovi konstruirani iz nekih kombinatoričkih struktura

Marina Šimac

Published Mar 23, 2017• 0 citations
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The main subjects of the thesis are LDPC codes constructed from combinatorial structures. Combinatorial structures that have been used for the construction are: \(\mu\)-geodetic graphs obtained from block designs, strongly regular graphs with parameters \((v, k, 0, 1)\), and block designs with parameters \((45, 5, 1)\). In the thesis we have constructed a family of LDPC codes using \(\mu\)-geodetic graphs obtained from block \((v, k, \lambda)\) designs. We have shown that the Tanner graphs of LDPC codes constructed from \(\mu\)-geodetic graphs obtained from block designs with \(k=3\) are free of cycles of length four, and we have analyzed properties of the constructed codes. We have examined a connection between the parameters of the constructed codes and the parameters of the initial design. The existence and the structures of absorbing sets in the Tanner graphs of the constructed codes have been analyzed. Analysis of structures of the absorbing sets enabled us to determine the exact number of the absorbing sets of certain size using parameters of the initial design. For construction of LDPC codes we have used strongly regular graphs with parameters \((v, k, 0, 1)\) since the Tanner graph of the corresponding LDPC code is free of cycles of length four. We have examined the existence and the structures of absorbing sets in the Tanner graphs of the constructed codes. LDPC codes from some block designs with parameters \((45, 5, 1)\) have been constructed. Simulation results for the constructed LDPC codes have been presented.

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We give a construction of LDPC codes from Deza graphs with parameters (v,k,1,0)(v,k,1,0)(v,k,1,0) . The Tanner graphs of these LDPC codes do not contain cycles of length 4. Special attention is given to the construction of LDPC codes from the Moore graphs with diameter 2. We identify and enumerate the smallest absorbing sets in the Tanner graphs of the obtained LDPC codes and analyze their structures. Furthermore, we describe a construction, based on the protograph operation, of an infinite family of LDPC codes, whose Tanner graphs have girth at least 6, obtained from each (v,k,1,0)(v,k,1,0)(v,k,1,0) Deza graph. We give an expression for the variance of a syndrome weight of the constructed LDPC codes, and also present simulation results.
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