polar_decoder_sc.h

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#ifndef INCLUDED_FEC_POLAR_DECODER_SC_H
#define INCLUDED_FEC_POLAR_DECODER_SC_H
 
#include <gnuradio/fec/api.h>
#include <gnuradio/fec/polar_decoder_common.h>
 
 
namespace gr {
namespace fec {
namespace code {
 
/*!
 * \brief Standard successive cancellation (SC) decoder for POLAR codes
 *
 * \details
 * It expects float input with bits mapped 1 --> 1, 0 --> -1
 * Or: f = 2.0 * bit - 1.0
 *
 */
class FEC_API polar_decoder_sc : public polar_decoder_common
{
public:
    /*!
     * \param block_size codeword size. MUST be a power of 2.
     * \param num_info_bits represents the number of information
     *        bits in a block. Also called frame_size. <= block_size
     * \param frozen_bit_positions is an integer vector which
     *        defines the position of all frozen bits in a block.
     *        Its size MUST be equal to block_size - num_info_bits.
     *        Also it must be sorted and every position must only
     *        occur once.
     * \param frozen_bit_values holds an unpacked byte for every
     *        frozen bit position. It defines if a frozen bit is
     *        fixed to '0' or '1'. Defaults to all ZERO.
     */
    static generic_decoder::sptr make(int block_size,
                                      int num_info_bits,
                                      std::vector<int> frozen_bit_positions,
                                      std::vector<char> frozen_bit_values);
    ~polar_decoder_sc();
 
    // FECAPI
    void generic_work(void* in_buffer, void* out_buffer);
 
private:
    polar_decoder_sc(int block_size,
                     int num_info_bits,
                     std::vector<int> frozen_bit_positions,
                     std::vector<char> frozen_bit_values);
 
    float* d_llr_vec;
    unsigned char* d_u_hat_vec;
 
    unsigned char retrieve_bit_from_llr(float llr, const int pos);
    void sc_decode(float* llrs, unsigned char* u);
};
 
} // namespace code
} // namespace fec
} // namespace gr
 
#endif /* INCLUDED_FEC_POLAR_DECODER_SC_H */