fec_mtrx.h

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#ifndef INCLUDED_fec_mtrx_H
#define INCLUDED_fec_mtrx_H

#include <gnuradio/fec/api.h>
#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
#include <cstdlib>

namespace gr {
namespace fec {
namespace code {

typedef struct {
    size_t size;
    double* data;
} block_data;

typedef struct {
    size_t size1;
    size_t size2;
    size_t tda;
    double* data;
    block_data* block;
    int owner;
} matrix;

FEC_API void matrix_free(matrix* x);

typedef boost::shared_ptr<matrix> matrix_sptr;

class fec_mtrx;
typedef boost::shared_ptr<fec_mtrx> fec_mtrx_sptr;

/*!
 * \brief Read in an alist file and produce the matrix object.
 *
 * \details
 * Takes in a an alist file (the file name as a string) and creates
 * the corresponding matrix. The format of alist files is described
 * at: http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/mackay/codes/alist.html
 *
 * The result is returned as a matrix shared pointer.
 *
 * \param filename Name of an alist file to use. The alist
 *                 format is described at:
 *                 http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/mackay/codes/alist.html
 */
FEC_API matrix_sptr read_matrix_from_file(const std::string filename);
FEC_API void write_matrix_to_file(const std::string filename, matrix_sptr M);

/*!
 * \brief Takes a parity check matrix (H) and returns the
 * transpose of the generator matrix (G).
 *
 * The result is returned as a matrix shared pointer. The form
 * of this matrix is [I_k | P]^T, where P is the parity check
 * matrix. It is a n x k matrix where k is the information
 * length and n is the codeword length.
 *
 * \param H_obj A parity check matrix; generally derived from
 *              using read_matrix_from_file with a given alist
 *              file format.
 */
FEC_API matrix_sptr generate_G_transpose(matrix_sptr H_obj);

/*!
 * \brief Takes a parity check matrix (H) and returns the
 * generator matrix (G).
 *
 * The result is returned as a matrix shared pointer. The form
 * of this matrix is [I_k | P], where P is the parity check
 * matrix. It is a k x n matrix where k is the information
 * length and n is the codeword length.
 *
 * \param H_obj A parity check matrix; generally derived from
 *              using read_matrix_from_file with a given alist
 *              file format.
 */
FEC_API matrix_sptr generate_G(matrix_sptr H_obj);

/*!
 * \brief Takes a generator matrix (G) and returns the
 * parity check matrix (H).
 *
 * \param G_obj A parity check matrix; generally derived from
 *              using read_matrix_from_file with a given alist
 *              file format.
 */
FEC_API matrix_sptr generate_H(matrix_sptr G_obj);

/*!
 * \brief Takes a matrix and prints it to screen.
 *
 * \param M a matrix_sptr; generally a G or H matrix for LDPC codes.
 * \param numpy will output in a format that can be
 *        copy-and-pasted directly into a numpy.matrix(~) call
 *        in Python.
 */
FEC_API void print_matrix(const matrix_sptr M, bool numpy = false);

/*!
 * \brief Base class for FEC matrix objects.
 *
 * \ingroup error_coding_blk
 *
 * \details
 *
 * Base class of ldpc_H_matrix and ldpc_G_matrix classes. The
 * child objects can be either generator matrices or parity
 * check matrices. This base class can be provided to the
 * decoder ldpc_bit_flip_decoder, whereas the encoder classes
 * ldpc_gen_mtrx_encoder and ldpc_encoder will not accept this
 * base class; they require one of the child classes.
 */
class FEC_API fec_mtrx
{
protected:
    fec_mtrx(void) {} // allows pure virtual interface sub-classes

public:
    virtual ~fec_mtrx() {}

    //! Encode \p inbuffer with LDPC H matrix into \p outbuffer.
    virtual void encode(unsigned char* outbuffer,
                        const unsigned char* inbuffer) const = 0;

    //! Decode \p inbuffer with LDPC H matrix into \p outbuffer.
    virtual void decode(unsigned char* outbuffer,
                        const float* inbuffer,
                        unsigned int frame_size,
                        unsigned int max_iterations) const = 0;

    //! Get the codeword length n
    virtual unsigned int n() const = 0;

    //! Get the information word length k
    virtual unsigned int k() const = 0;
};

} /* namespace code */
} /* namespace fec */
} /* namespace gr */

#endif /* INCLUDED_fec_mtrx_H */