polar_decoder_sc_list.h

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#ifndef INCLUDED_POLAR_FEC_DECODER_SC_LIST_H
#define INCLUDED_POLAR_FEC_DECODER_SC_LIST_H

#include <gnuradio/fec/api.h>
#include <gnuradio/fec/polar_decoder_common.h>

namespace gr {
namespace fec {
namespace code {

namespace polar {
class scl_list;
class path;
} // namespace polar

/*!
 * \brief Successive cancellation list (SCL) decoder for polar
 * codes.
 *
 * \details
 * Decoder is based on Tal, Vardy "List Decoding of Polar Codes",
 * 2012 LLR version: Balatsoukas-Stimming, Parizi, Burg "LLR-based
 * Successive Cancellation List Decoding of Polar Codes", 2015.
 *
 * Block expects float input with bits mapped 1 --> 1, 0 --> -1
 * Or: f = 2.0 * bit - 1.0
 */
class FEC_API polar_decoder_sc_list : public polar_decoder_common
{
public:
    /*!
     * \param max_list_size caps number of followed decoding paths.
     * \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 max_list_size,
                                      int block_size,
                                      int num_info_bits,
                                      std::vector<int> frozen_bit_positions,
                                      std::vector<char> frozen_bit_values);
    ~polar_decoder_sc_list();

    // FECAPI
    void generic_work(void* in_buffer, void* out_buffer);

private:
    polar_decoder_sc_list(int max_list_size,
                          int block_size,
                          int num_info_bits,
                          std::vector<int> frozen_bit_positions,
                          std::vector<char> frozen_bit_values);

    polar::scl_list* d_scl;

    void initialize_list(const float* in_buf);
    const unsigned char* decode_list();
    void decode_bit(const int u_num);
    void calculate_llrs_for_list(const int u_num);
    void set_bit_in_list(const int u_num);
};

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

#endif /* INCLUDED_POLAR_FEC_DECODER_SC_LIST_H */