METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING DATA USING A POLAR CODE

Abstract(summary):

Embodiment techniques map parity bits to sub-channels based on their row weights. The row weight for a sub-channel may be viewed as the number of "ones" in the corresponding row of the Kronecker matrix or as a power of 2 with the exponent (i.e. the hamming weight) being the number of "ones" in the binary representation of the sub-channel index (further described below). In one embodiment， candidate sub-channels that have certain row weight values are reserved for parity bit (s). Thereafter, K information bits may be mapped to the K most reliable remaining sub-channels, and a number of frozen bits (e.g. N-K) may be mapped to the least reliable remaining sub-channels. Parity bits may then mapped to the candidate sub-channels, and parity bit values are determined based on a function of the information bits.