Xilinx V2.1 Communication, Convolutional Encoder, Block Interface, Xilinx Development System

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Communication

Xilinx System Generator v2.1 Reference Guide

Communication

The blocks in the Communication library implement functions used in digital communications systems, including convolutional and block channel coding, interleaving, and utility functions.

Convolutional Encoder

The Xilinx Convolutional Encoder block implements an encoder for convolutional codes. Commonly used in tandem with a Viterbi decoder block, this block can be used to implement forward error correction (FEC) circuitry for digital communication systems.

Data is encoded using a linear feed forward shift register to compute modulo-two sums over a sliding window of input data, as shown in the figure below. The length of the shift register, and the code's

constraint length, is equal to the length of the convolution codes that characterize the encoder, specified in the block’s parameters dialog box. These convolution codes specify which bits in the data window contribute to the modulo-two sum at the encoder output. Resetting the block will clear the contents of the shift register to all zeros. The encoder rate is the ratio of input bits to output bits, so a rate 1/2 encoder outputs two bits for each input bit. Similarly, a rate 1/3 encoder outputs three bits for each input bit.

Figure 3-30: Constraint length 9 convolutional encoder

Block Interface

The block has two input and one output ports. The input ports, din and rst, are limited to type UFix1_0. The size of the output port, dout, is determined by the output rate. The port will be either type UFix2_0 or UFix3_0.

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