This block is listed in the following Xilinx® Blockset libraries: Communication and Index.
The Xilinx Depuncture block allows you to insert an arbitrary symbol into your input data at the location specified by the depuncture code.
The Xilinx depuncture block accepts data of
type UFixN_0 where N equals the length of insert
string x (the number of ones in the depuncture code) and produces output data of
type UFixK_0 where K equals the length of insert
string multiplied by the length of the depuncture code.
The Xilinx Depuncture block can be used to decode a range of punctured convolution codes. The following diagram illustrates an application of this block to implement soft decision Viterbi decoding of punctured convolution codes.
The previous diagram shows a matched filter block connected to a add_erasure Subsystem which attaches a 0 to the input data to mark it as a non-erasure signal. The output from the add_erasure subsystem is then passed to a serial to parallel block. The serial to parallel block concatenates two continuous soft inputs and presents it as a 8-bit word to the depuncture block. The depuncture block inserts the symbol '0001' after the 4-bits from the MSB for code 0 ( [1 0 1] ) and 8-bits from the MSB for code 1 ( [1 1 0] ) to form a 12-bit word. The output of the depuncture block is serialized as 4-bit words using the parallel to serial block. The extract_erasure Subsystem takes the input 4-bit word and extracts 3-bits from the MSB to form a soft decision input data word and 1-bit from the LSB to form the erasure signal for the Viterbi decoder.
Block Parameters
The block parameters dialog box can be invoked by double-clicking the icon in your Simulink® model.
Parameters specific to the Xilinx Depuncturer block are:
- Depuncture code
- Specifies the depuncture pattern for inserting the string to the input.
- Symbol to insert
- Specifies the binary word to be inserted in the depuncture code.
Other parameters used by this block are explained in the topic Common Options in Block Parameter Dialog Boxes.