In recent years, the development of power line communication and relational application is gradually attracted much attention. The use of power line system is able to achieve home network automation, automatic meter reading, and demand supply management, so it can be a great help for the current emphasis on energy conservation ideas. Therefore, many international organizations and national programs involve in researches. The signal is vulnerable to the environment causing data error in the power line transmission, so that we reduce the use of power line communication. For making great application of power line system, the main purpose of the thesis is to study that ensure the data accuracy, integrity and security through power line transmission. Therefore, we designed the digital chip for power line communication. We achieve the signal transmission with the half-duplex ability through power line by digital chip designing and solve error problems about transmitting data. By designing the modules of digital circuit, the chip can encrypt/decrypt data, correct error-bits of data, detect accuracy of data, process control signals, and modulate/demodulate signals. The purpose is for increasing data accuracy in PLC transmission. The chip design adopts TSMC 0.18£gm process as full digital circuits and applies to the energy meter management.

Solutions to the problem of large peak to average power ratio (PAPR) in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems are proposed. Although the design of PAPR reduction codewords has been extensively studied and the existence of asymptotically good codes with low PAPR has been proved, still no reduced PAPR capacity achieving code has been constructed. This is the topic of the current thesis.This goal is achieved by implementing a time-frequency turbo block coded OFDM. In this scheme, we design the frequency domain component code to have a PAPR bounded by a small number. The time domain component code is designed to obtain good performance while the decoding algorithm has reasonable complexity. Through comparative numerical evaluation we show that our method achieves considerable improvement in terms of PAPR with slight performance degradation compared to capacity achieving codes with similar block lengths. For the frequency domain component code, we used the realization of Golay sequences as cosets of the fi rst order Reed-Muller code and the modi cation of dual BCH code. A simple MAP decoding algorithm for the modi ed dual BCH code is also provided. Finally, we provide a flexible and practical scheme based on probabilistic approach to a PAPR problem. This approach decreases the PAPR without any signi cant performance loss and without any adverse impact or required change to the system. / Engineering and Applied Sciences

Σε μία εποχή όπου η ψηφιοποίηση δεδομένων έχει αυξηθεί ραγδαία η ανάγκη για τη βέλτιστη μετάδοσή τους είναι απαραίτητη. Από τα πλέον σημαντικά μέρη των προτύπων μετάδοσης είναι η κωδικοποίηση του καναλιού μέσω ειδικών αλγορίθμων ώστε να επιτευχθεί η εύρεση και διόρθωση τυχών λαθών. Οι κώδικες Bose, Chaudhuri και Hocquenghem (BCH) είναι τέτοιου είδους κώδικες που χρησιμοποιούνται ευρέως σε εφαρμογές όπως τα CD, DVD, σκληροί δίσκοι, δίσκοι στερεάς κατάστασης (SSD) και το πρότυπο δορυφορικής μετάδοσης τηλεόρασης υψηλής ανάλυσης (HDTV), DVB-S2. Στην παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία σχεδιάστηκε και υλοποιήθηκε κωδικοποιητής και αποκωδικοποιητής BCH για τις 11 περιπτώσεις κανονικού πλαισίου που προσφέρει το πρότυπο DVB-S2. Κύριος στόχος ήταν η όσο το δυνατόν καλύτερη υλοποίηση με γνώμονα το μέγεθος, με τη χρήση κοινών κυκλωμάτων και για τις 11 περιπτώσεις. Αποτέλεσμα αυτής της βελτιστοποίησης μεγέθους, ήταν κάποιες τεχνικές βελτιστοποίησης της ταχύτητας αποκωδικοποίησης, όπως το shortening, να μη χρησιμοποιηθούν καθώς θα είχαν ως αποτέλεσμα την αύξηση της επιφάνειας μερών του αποκωδικοποιητή κατά περίπου 11 φορές. Καθώς σκοπός της διπλωματικής ήταν η μελέτη της απόδοσης των κωδίκων BCH, μελετήθηκε ο ρυθμός λαθών σε διάφορες τιμές της αναλογίας ενέργειας – θορύβου (Eb / N0 ), αφού πρώτα υλοποιήθηκε σε FPGA. / The amount of digital information is growing rapidly the recent decades, making transmission optimization one of the top priorities in digital information systems. One of the main parts of every transmission standard is channel encoding, with the use of algorithms aimed at finding and correcting errors (Forward Error Correction – FEC). Such codes are Bose, Chaudhuri and Hocquenghem (BCH) code, which are widely used in applications like CDs, DVDs, Hard Drives, Solid State Drives (SSDs) and DVB-S2, a satellite transmission standard mostly used for High Definition Television (HDTV). This thesis sets out to account for the design and implementation of a BCH encoder and decoder for all 11 different code rates proposed by the DVB-S2 standard for normal frames. The design was area optimized in order for all 11 code rate encoders and decoders to work on the same FPGA. This lead to some optimization techniques being unused. Even though the codes are shortened, no shortening algorithms which aim at clock cycle optimization were used. Were they used, would lead parts of the decoder to be almost 11 times larger. The main goal of the thesis is to analyze the performance of the codes, so the error rate was measured under different values of the energy to noise ratio (Eb/ N0 ).

Today’s society requires that transformation of information is done effectively and correctly. In other words, the received message must correspond to the message being sent. There are a lot of decoding methods to locate and correct errors. The main purpose in this degree project is to study one of these methods based on the Euclidean algorithm. Thereafter an example will be illustrated showing how the method is used when decoding a three - error correcting BCH code. To begin with, fundamental concepts about coding theory are introduced. Secondly, linear codes, cyclic codes and BCH codes - in that specific order - are explained before advancing to the decoding process. The results show that correcting one or two errors is relatively simple, but when three or more errors occur it becomes much more complicated. In that case, a specific method is required. / Dagens samhälle kräver att informationsöverföring sker på ett effektivt och korrekt sätt, det vill säga att den information som når mottagaren motsvarar den som skickades från början. Det finns många avkodningsmetoder för att lokalisera och rätta fel. Syftet i denna uppsats är att studera en av dessa, en som baseras på Euklides algoritm och därefter illustrera ett exempel på hur metoden används vid avkodning av en tre - rättande BCH - kod. Först ges en presentation av grunderna inom kodningsteorin. Sedan introduceras linjära koder, cykliska koder och BCH - koder i nämnd ordning, för att till sist presentera avkodningsprocessen. Det visar sig att det är relativt enkelt att rätta ett eller två fel, men när tre eller fler fel uppstår blir det betydligt mer komplicerat. Då krävs någon speciell metod.

The thesis Data transmission error-protection with BCH codes deals with a large class of random-error correcting cyclic codes which are able to protect binary data and can be used for example in data storages, high speed modems. Bose, Chaudhuri and Hocquenghem (BCH) codes operate over algebraic structures called Galois fields. The BCH encoding is the same as cyclic encoding and can be done with linear feedback shift register but decoding is more complex and can be done with different algorithms - in this thesis there are two algorithms for decoding Peterson and Berlekam-Massey mentioned. The aim of this thesis is to find BCH code which is able to correct t = 6 independent errors in up to data sequence n = 150 bits, then peruse possible realizations of the codecs and set criteria for the best realization, then design and test this realization. This thesis is split into three main parts. In the first part there are encoding and decoding methods of the BCH code generally described. The second part deals with selecting of the right code and realization. There was chosen BCH (63,30) code and realization with FPGA chip. In the last part is described design of BCH encoder and decoder and compilation in the Altera design software.

This work involves in anti-error coding systems with interleaving. At first is given summary of high-frequency use error correction codes. Below there are described two basic techniques of interleaving and their confrontation. The next text is focusing on survey and characteristics of codes which conform to submission. After selection of optimal system is verified its function in MATLAB environment. Final step is creation of functional application in C++ environment. This application serves to transmission of error correction BMP pictures.

The work deals with data security using BCH codes. In the work are described BCH codes in binary and non-binary form, and their most important subclass RS codes. Furthermore, this work describes the method of decoding Peterson-Gorenstein-Zierl, Berlekamp- Massey and Euclidean algorithm. For the presentation of encoding and decoding process, the application was created in Matlab, which has two parts – Learning BCH codes and Simulation of BCH codes. Using the generated application performance of BCH codes was compared at the last part of the work.

Since the frantic race towards the Shannon bound [1] commenced in the early 1950’s, linear block codes have become integral components of most digital communication systems. Both binary and non-binary linear block codes have proven themselves as formidable adversaries against the impediments presented by wireless communication channels. However, prior to the landmark 1974 paper [2] by Bahl et al. on the optimal Maximum a-Posteriori Probability (MAP) trellis decoding of linear block codes, practical linear block code decoding schemes were not only based on suboptimal hard decision algorithms, but also code-specific in most instances. In 1978 Wolf expedited the work of Bahl et al. by demonstrating the applicability of a block-wise Viterbi Algorithm (VA) to Bahl-Cocke-Jelinek-Raviv (BCJR) trellis structures as a generic optimal soft decision Maximum-Likelihood (ML) trellis decoding solution for linear block codes [3]. This study, largely motivated by code implementers’ ongoing search for generic linear block code decoding algorithms, builds on the foundations established by Bahl, Wolf and other contributing researchers by thoroughly evaluating the VA decoding of popular binary and non-binary linear block codes on realistic narrowband and wideband digital communication platforms in lifelike mobile environments. Ideally, generic linear block code decoding algorithms must not only be modest in terms of computational complexity, but they must also be channel aware. Such universal algorithms will undoubtedly be integrated into most channel coding subsystems that adapt to changing mobile channel conditions, such as the adaptive channel coding schemes of current Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE), 3rd Generation (3G) and Beyond 3G (B3G) systems, as well as future 4th Generation (4G) systems. In this study classic BCJR linear block code trellis construction is annotated and applied to contemporary binary and non-binary linear block codes. Since BCJR trellis structures are inherently sizable and intricate, rudimentary trellis complexity calculation and reduction algorithms are also presented and demonstrated. The block-wise VA for BCJR trellis structures, initially introduced by Wolf in [3], is revisited and improved to incorporate Channel State Information (CSI) during its ML decoding efforts. In order to accurately appraise the Bit-Error-Rate (BER) performances of VA decoded linear block codes in authentic wireless communication environments, Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN), flat fading and multi-user multipath fading simulation platforms were constructed. Included in this task was the development of baseband complex flat and multipath fading channel simulator models, capable of reproducing the physical attributes of realistic mobile fading channels. Furthermore, a complex Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) system were employed as the narrowband communication link of choice for the AWGN and flat fading channel performance evaluation platforms. The versatile B3G multi-user multipath fading simulation platform, however, was constructed using a wideband RAKE receiver-based complex Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Multiple Access (DS/SSMA) communication system that supports unfiltered and filtered Complex Spreading Sequences (CSS). This wideband platform is not only capable of analysing the influence of frequency selective fading on the BER performances of VA decoded linear block codes, but also the influence of the Multi-User Interference (MUI) created by other users active in the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system. CSS families considered during this study include Zadoff-Chu (ZC) [4, 5], Quadriphase (QPH) [6], Double Sideband (DSB) Constant Envelope Linearly Interpolated Root-of- Unity (CE-LI-RU) filtered Generalised Chirp-like (GCL) [4, 7-9] and Analytical Bandlimited Complex (ABC) [7, 10] sequences. Numerous simulated BER performance curves, obtained using the AWGN, flat fading and multi-user multipath fading channel performance evaluation platforms, are presented in this study for various important binary and non-binary linear block code classes, all decoded using the VA. Binary linear block codes examined include Hamming and Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem (BCH) codes, whereas popular burst error correcting non-binary Reed-Solomon (RS) codes receive special attention. Furthermore, a simple cyclic binary linear block code is used to validate the viability of employing the reduced trellis structures produced by the proposed trellis complexity reduction algorithm. The simulated BER performance results shed light on the error correction capabilities of these VA decoded linear block codes when influenced by detrimental channel effects, including AWGN, Doppler spreading, diminished Line-of-Sight (LOS) signal strength, multipath propagation and MUI. It also investigates the impact of other pertinent communication system configuration alternatives, including channel interleaving, code puncturing, the quality of the CSI available during VA decoding, RAKE diversity combining approaches and CSS correlation characteristics. From these simulated results it can not only be gathered that the VA is an effective generic optimal soft input ML decoder for both binary and non-binary linear block codes, but also that the inclusion of CSI during VA metric calculations can fortify the BER performances of such codes beyond that attainable by classic ML decoding algorithms. / Dissertation (MEng(Electronic))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering / unrestricted