一种高资源效率的Fast-RCSC极化码译码器

针对现有极化码软输出译码器存在的高资源消耗与低资源效率,设计了一种快速低复杂度软取消(Fast Reduced Complexity Soft-Cancelation,Fast-RCSC)译码算法及其译码器硬件架构。Fast-RCSC算法对内部特殊结点进行完整计算,在减少译码周期的同时仍有较好译码性能。基于不同特殊结点公式之间存在相似性,进而通过对引入的特殊结点模块进行计算结果复用以及计算模块分时复用,减少特殊结点模块资源消耗。通过共用存储单元以及对不足存储单元数据宽度的数据进行合并,降低存储资源消耗。在华润上华(Central Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation,CSMC)180nm工艺下综合结果表明,设计的译码器在码长为1024的情况下,面积为2.92mm²,资源效率为245.2Mbps/mm²,相比现有软输出译码器有不同程度的提升。     

集中式MIMO雷达研究进展：正交波形设计与信号处理

集中式多输入多输出（Multiple Input Multiple Output,MIMO）雷达通常利用正交波形增加发射波形自由度,采用数字阵列拓展空间收发自由度,使得雷达接收机的天线孔径获得明显扩展,最终带来空间分辨率、测角精确度、杂波抑制能力等大幅度提升。但是,这些性能提升的前提是发射波形具有正交特性。事实上,在实际应用中,在不牺牲时域/频域资源情况下,受限于时宽带宽积,无法获得完全正交的波形集合,从而限制了MIMO雷达系统性能。本文对集中式MIMO雷达正交波形复用的技术原理进行了系统回顾,分别归纳了三种快时间发射波形设计方法：时分复用（Time Division Multiplexing, TDM）、码分复用（Code Division Multiplexing,CDM）和频分复用 （Frequency Division Multiplexing, FDM）,以及两种慢时间发射波形设计方法：多普勒分复用（Doppler Division Multiplexing,DDM）和随机相位编码波形,并对其优缺点进行对比。同时,对快时间MIMO和慢时间MIMO的信号处理流程进行归纳综合,给出基于匹配滤波的集中式MIMO雷达统一信号处理框架。为了展示不同波形对成像性能的影响,本文给出了基于三维匹配滤波的MIMO雷达成像结果。最后,结合实际应用问题,指出当前MIMO雷达面临的技术难点和发展趋势。     

Effective identification of dominant fully absorbing sets for Raptor-like LDPC codes

The error-rate floor of low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes is attributed to the trapping sets of their Tanner graphs. Among them, fully absorbing sets dominantly affect the error-rate performance, especially for short blocklengths. Efficient methods to identify the dominant trapping sets of LDPC codes were thoroughly researched as exhaustively searching them is NP-hard. However, the existing methods are ineffective for Raptor-like LDPC codes, which have many types of trapping sets. An effective method to identify dominant fully absorbing sets of Raptor-like LDPC codes is proposed. The search space of the proposed algorithm is optimized into the Tanner subgraphs of the codes to afford time-efficiency and search-effectiveness. For 5G New Radio (NR) base graph (BG) 2 LDPC codes for short blocklengths, the proposed algorithm finds more dominant fully absorbing sets within one seventh of the computation time of the existing search algorithm, and its search-effectiveness is verified using importance sampling. The proposed method is also applied to 5G NR BG1 LDPC code and Advanced Television Systems Committee 3.0 type A LDPC code for large blocklengths.     

Robust reversible image watermarking scheme based on spread spectrum

Robust reversible watermarking can provide robustness against various attacks besides the ability to recover the cover image. However, robustness and reversibility are somewhat separate in many schemes. The original cover image cannot be recovered even if the watermarked image suffers from a tiny distortion. This paper presents a new robust reversible watermarking scheme by exploring the reversibility of spread-spectrum codes. Watermark bits are embedded by a suggested adaptive spread-spectrum code. The embedding amplitude used in the algorithms is determined by quantizing the source interference of the cover. The proposed scheme is robust to various attacks. Furthermore, since the embedding amplitude is available at the receiver, the original image can be recovered losslessly when there is no attack. Even in the presence of attacks, the original cover images can still be partially recovered. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed scheme performs well on robustness and watermarked image quality, and provide extra reversibility that resists image distortions.     

基于SSCANL译码器的联合迭代检测译码算法

为了提升基于极化码的稀疏码多址接入（sparse code multiple access,SCMA）系统接收机性能,提出了基于简化软消除列表（simplify soft cancellation list,SSCANL）译码器的循环冗余校验（cyclic redundancy check,CRC）辅助联合迭代检测译码接收机方案。该方案中极化码译码器使用SSCANL译码算法,采用译码节点删除技术对软消除列表（soft cancellation list,SCANL）算法所需要的L次软消除译码（soft cancellation, SCAN）进行简化,通过近似删除冻结位节点,简化节点间软信息更新计算过程,从而降低译码算法的计算复杂度。仿真结果表明,SSCANL算法可获得与SCANL算法一致的性能,其计算复杂度与SCANL算法相比有所降低,码率越低,算法复杂度降低效果越好;且基于SSCANL译码器的CRC 辅助联合迭代检测译码接收机方案相较基于SCAN译码器的联合迭代检测译码（joint iterative detection and decoding based on SCAN decoder, JIDD-SCAN）方案、基于SCAN译码器的CRC辅助联合迭代检测译码（CRC aided joint iterative detection and decoding based on SCAN decoder,C-JIDD-SCAN）方案,在误码率为10^-4时,性能分别提升了约0.65 dB、0.59 dB。     

无速率编码中度分布的研究和发展

无速率编码作为一种纠删码,在减少反馈重传的同时也具有码率灵活、编译码简单的特性,在许多领域都有广阔的应用前景。度分布作为无速率编码设计的基础,对无速率编码的性能有至关重要的影响。随着无速率编码的广泛应用,度分布的设计也需要随着场景和需求的变化进行优化。首先论述了无速率编码的发展与应用,从几种经典的无速率编码和度分布开始,详细地从应用场景、优化目标以及现有优化方法 3 个角度,对目前无速率编码中度分布的研究和发展进行了总结与分析。最后,对无速率编码和度分布的发展应用趋势进行了分析与展望。     

Research on encoding and decoding of non-binary polar codes over GF(2m)

Binary Polar Codes (BPCs) have advantages of high-efficiency and capacity-achieving but suffer from large latency due to the Successive-Cancellation List (SCL) decoding. Non-Binary Polar Codes (NBPCs) have been investigated to obtain the performance gains and reduce latency under the implementation of parallel architectures for multi-bit decoding. However, most of the existing works only focus on the Reed-Solomon matrix-based NBPCs and the probability domain-based non-binary polar decoding, which lack flexible structure and have a large computation amount in the decoding process, while little attention has been paid to general non-binary kernel-based NBPCs and Log-Likelihood Ratio (LLR) based decoding methods. In this paper, we consider a scheme of NBPCs with a general structure over GF(2^m). Specifically, we pursue a detailed Monte-Carlo simulation implementation to determine the construction for proposed NBPCs. For non-binary polar decoding, an SCL decoding based on LLRs is proposed for NBPCs, which can be implemented with non-binary kernels of arbitrary size. Moreover, we propose a Perfect Polarization-Based SCL (PPB-SCL) algorithm based on LLRs to reduce decoding complexity by deriving a new update function of path metric for NBPCs and eliminating the path splitting process at perfect polarized (i.e., highly reliable) positions. Simulation results show that the bit error rate of the proposed NBPCs significantly outperforms that of BPCs. In addition, the proposed PPB-SCL decoding obtains about a 40% complexity reduction of SCL decoding for NBPCs.     

Prediction of aqueous solubility of drugs and pesticides with COSMO-RS

The COSMO-RS method, originally developed for the prediction of liquid-liquid and liquid-vapor equilibrium constants based on quantum chemical calculations, has been extended to solid compounds by addition of a heuristic expression for the Gibbs free energy of fusion. By this addition, COSMO-RS is now capable of a priori prediction of aqueous solubilities of a wide range of typical neutral drug and pesticide compounds. Only three parameters in the heuristic expression have been fitted on a data set of 150 drug-like compounds. On these data an rms deviation of 0.66 log-units was achieved. Later, the model was tested on a set of 107 pesticides, which have been critically selected based on two experimental data sources and by a crosscheck with an independent HQSAR model. On this data set an rms of 0.61 log-units was achieved, without any adjustments to the structurally extremely diverse pesticides. This result verifies the ability of this extended COSMO-RS to predict aqueous solubilities of drugs and pesticides of almost arbitrary structural classes. The new method is COSMO-RSol.     

Simultaneous Determination of Aluminum and Iron in High Salt Content Matrices by Adsorptive Stripping Voltammetry. Application to Dialysis Fluids

A new analytical procedure for the simultaneous determination of aluminum(III) and iron(II) in two kinds of dialysis fluids (peritoneal and hemodialysis fluids) by differential pulse adsorptive stripping voltammetry (DPAdSV) is described. The voltammetric measurements were performed using, as working electrode, a stationary mercury electrode, and a platinum electrode and a Ag|AgCl|KCl_(sat.) electrode as auxiliary and reference electrodes, respectively, employing acetate buffer solutions at different pH as supporting electrolyte. As complexing agents, Solochrome Violet RS, Palatine Chrome Black 6BN, Chromazurol S and Eriochrome Black T were employed. For both elements, the accuracy, expressed as relative recovery R%, was very satisfactory being in the range 94–105%, the precision as repeatability, expressed as relative standard deviation s_r%, was lower than 6%, while the limits of detection were of the order of a few units of μg/L. The analytical voltammetric procedure has been validated by comparison with spectroscopic (graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy, GFAAS) measurements.     

Comparison of the fragility index of different eudragit polymers determined by activation enthalpies

The present study aimed to apply fragility index (m) of polymers in the determination of the optimal amount of plasticizer in polymer films. The fragility index of different Eudragit polymers (RS, RL, EPO) was assessed by differential scanning calorimerty (DSC), applying the Arrhenius connection (logq–1/T _g). The fragility of Eudragit EPO films proved to be the highest, while in the case of RS and RL, the increase of the alkyl-chain length caused the increase of fragility. Studying the effect of plasticizer (triethyl citrate, TEC) on the m value of Eudragit RL and RS films, a near linear reduction of the fragility index could be observed between 5–30% TEC concentration, but above 30%, this value leveled out to constant.