Techniques are disclosed relating to downlink control information for wireless communications. In some embodiments, the downlink control information includes code block group information that indicates which code block groups are transmitted and soft buffer handling information that indicates whether to flush previously-determined soft bits that correspond to one or more code block groups.

A base station transmits a layered data signal to multiple devices that are in close proximity to each other where the layered data signal includes at least first data on a first data layer directed to a first device and second data on a second data layer directed to a second device. The base station also transmits a single control message to both devices where the control message comprises location dependent control information directed to both devices. The control message also comprises data layer control information arranged in multiple fields where data layer control information in a field is associated with a device and allows the associated device to recover the data from a data layer assigned to the device.

The present invention relates to a digital broadcasting system for transmitting/receiving a digital broadcasting signal and a method of processing data. In one aspect of the present invention provides a method of processing data, the method including receiving a broadcasting signal in which mobile service data and main service data are multiplexed, demodulating the received broadcasting signal, obtaining an identifier indicating that data frame of the broadcasting signal includes service guide information, decoding and storing the service guide information from the data frame; and outputting a service included in the mobile service data according to the decoded service guide information.

A bit interleaving method involves applying a bit permutation process to a QC LDPC codeword made up of N cyclic blocks each including Q bits, and dividing the codeword, after the bit permutation process, into a plurality of constellation words each imade up of M bits, the codeword being divided into N/M sections, each constellation word being associated with one of the N/M sections, and the bit permutation process being performed such that each of the constellation words includes one bit from each of M different cyclic blocks associated with a given section.

Probabilistic constellation shaping (PCS) is applied to a desired probability distribution over the 2-D constellation points. Constellation points are partitioned into multiple disjoint sets in which all the constellation points within a subset have the same energy level (i.e., amplitude) or distance from the origin on the complex plane. Each of the sets may be further subdivided into smaller disjoint sets of constellation points to facilitate labeling of the constellation points. The sets may be indexed from 0 to the total number of disjoint sets to form an index set. The desired distribution may then be applied over the index set either using a distribution matcher (DM) or using a lookup table. The desired distribution may be generated before forward error correction (FEC) encoding that preserves the generated amplitude distribution through FEC encoding of data bits. The scheme may map the FEC encoded data bits to the constellation points, such that the probability of occurrence of each signal set (with a specific energy level) follows the desired probability distribution within a fixed codeword length. In addition, PCS can be applied to both square and non-square constellations, which may or may not be arranged on a Cartesian grid.

The invention provides a method and a communications device for transmitting information. The method includes: determining a quantity N of padding bits according to a quantity M of effective information bits included in a code block and a quantity L of effective input ports of a polar code encoder, where M and L are positive integers, and N is a difference between L and M; determining input bits that are to be input into the polar code encoder, where the input bits include the M effective information bits and the N padding bits; inputting, according to a mapping relationship between the L effective input ports and the input bits, the input bits into the polar code encoder through the L effective input ports to perform coding, so as to obtain coded bits; and transmitting the coded bits. This bit-padding manner has ensured successful information transmission.

A low density parity check (LDPC) encoder, an LDPC decoder, and an LDPC encoding method are disclosed. The LDPC encoder includes first memory, second memory, and a processor. The first memory stores an LDPC codeword having a length of 16200 and a code rate of 3/15. The second memory is initialized to 0. The processor generates the LDPC codeword corresponding to information bits by performing accumulation with respect to the second memory using a sequence corresponding to a parity check matrix (PCM).

An error correction encoding device includes an encoding unit to generate soft decision error correction frame information including a bit array of m rows and N columns obtained by combining first bit string group information and second bit string group information, the first bit string group information including a bit array of m rows and N1 columns in which it is enabled to perform pulse amplitude modulation of a combination of bit values of each column of the first bit string group information into a modulation symbol by using a first symbol mapping rule, the second bit string group information including a bit array of m rows and N2 columns in which it is enabled to perform pulse amplitude modulation of a combination of bit values of each column of the second bit string group information into a modulation symbol by using a second symbol mapping rule.

This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for encoding data for wireless communication to achieve a desired amplitude distribution. Some implementations more specifically relate to performing an encoding operation to shape the amplitudes of the resultant symbols such that the amplitudes have a non-uniform distribution. In some implementations of the non-uniform distribution, the probabilities associated with the respective amplitudes generally increase with decreasing amplitude. Some implementations enable the tracking of MPDU boundaries to facilitate successful decoding by a receiving device. Additionally or alternatively, some implementations enable the determination of a packet length after performing the amplitude shaping, which enables a transmitting device to determine the number of padding bits to add to the payload and to signal the packet length to a receiving device so that the receiving device may determine the duration of the packet.

A transmitting apparatus and a receiving apparatus are provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: an encoder configured to generate a low density parity check (LDPC) codeword by LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix; an interleaver configured to interleave the LDPC codeword; and a modulator configured to map the interleaved LDPC codeword onto a modulation symbol, wherein the modulator is further configured to map a bit included in a predetermined bit group from among a plurality of bit groups constituting the LDPC codeword onto a predetermined bit of the modulation symbol.