1 /** \file fec.c Forward error correction based on Vandermonde matrices. */
5 * (C) 1997-98 Luigi Rizzo (luigi@iet.unipi.it)
7 * Portions derived from code by Phil Karn (karn@ka9q.ampr.org),
8 * Robert Morelos-Zaragoza (robert@spectra.eng.hawaii.edu) and Hari
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40 #include "portable_io.h"
44 /** Code over GF(256). */
46 /** The largest number in GF(256) */
47 #define GF_SIZE ((1 << GF_BITS) - 1)
50 * To speed up computations, we have tables for logarithm, exponent and inverse
54 /** Index->poly form conversion table. */
55 static unsigned char gf_exp[2 * GF_SIZE];
57 /** Poly->index form conversion table. */
58 static int gf_log[GF_SIZE + 1];
60 /** Inverse of a field element. */
61 static unsigned char inverse[GF_SIZE + 1];
64 * The multiplication table.
66 * We use a table for multiplication as well. It takes 64K, no big deal even on
67 * a PDA, especially because it can be pre-initialized and put into a ROM.
71 static unsigned char gf_mul_table[GF_SIZE + 1][GF_SIZE + 1];
73 /** Multiply two GF numbers. */
74 #define gf_mul(x,y) gf_mul_table[x][y]
76 /* Compute x % GF_SIZE without a slow divide. */
77 __a_const static inline unsigned char modnn(int x)
79 while (x >= GF_SIZE) {
81 x = (x >> GF_BITS) + (x & GF_SIZE);
86 static void init_mul_table(void)
89 for (i = 0; i < GF_SIZE + 1; i++)
90 for (j = 0; j < GF_SIZE + 1; j++)
92 gf_exp[modnn(gf_log[i] + gf_log[j])];
94 for (j = 0; j < GF_SIZE + 1; j++)
95 gf_mul_table[0][j] = gf_mul_table[j][0] = 0;
98 static unsigned char *alloc_matrix(int rows, int cols)
100 return para_malloc(rows * cols);
104 * Initialize the data structures used for computations in GF.
106 * This generates GF(2**GF_BITS) from the irreducible polynomial p(X) in
110 * index->polynomial form gf_exp[] contains j= \alpha^i;
111 * polynomial form -> index form gf_log[ j = \alpha^i ] = i
112 * \alpha=x is the primitive element of GF(2^m)
114 * For efficiency, gf_exp[] has size 2*GF_SIZE, so that a simple
115 * multiplication of two numbers can be resolved without calling modnn
117 static void generate_gf(void)
120 unsigned char mask = 1;
121 char *pp = "101110001"; /* The primitive polynomial 1+x^2+x^3+x^4+x^8 */
122 gf_exp[GF_BITS] = 0; /* will be updated at the end of the 1st loop */
125 * first, generate the (polynomial representation of) powers of \alpha,
126 * which are stored in gf_exp[i] = \alpha ** i .
127 * At the same time build gf_log[gf_exp[i]] = i .
128 * The first GF_BITS powers are simply bits shifted to the left.
130 for (i = 0; i < GF_BITS; i++, mask <<= 1) {
132 gf_log[gf_exp[i]] = i;
134 * If pp[i] == 1 then \alpha ** i occurs in poly-repr
135 * gf_exp[GF_BITS] = \alpha ** GF_BITS
138 gf_exp[GF_BITS] ^= mask;
141 * now gf_exp[GF_BITS] = \alpha ** GF_BITS is complete, so can also
142 * compute its inverse.
144 gf_log[gf_exp[GF_BITS]] = GF_BITS;
146 * Poly-repr of \alpha ** (i+1) is given by poly-repr of \alpha ** i
147 * shifted left one-bit and accounting for any \alpha ** GF_BITS term
148 * that may occur when poly-repr of \alpha ** i is shifted.
150 mask = 1 << (GF_BITS - 1);
151 for (i = GF_BITS + 1; i < GF_SIZE; i++) {
152 if (gf_exp[i - 1] >= mask)
154 gf_exp[GF_BITS] ^ ((gf_exp[i - 1] ^ mask) << 1);
156 gf_exp[i] = gf_exp[i - 1] << 1;
157 gf_log[gf_exp[i]] = i;
160 * log(0) is not defined, so use a special value
163 /* set the extended gf_exp values for fast multiply */
164 for (i = 0; i < GF_SIZE; i++)
165 gf_exp[i + GF_SIZE] = gf_exp[i];
167 inverse[0] = 0; /* 0 has no inverse. */
169 for (i = 2; i <= GF_SIZE; i++)
170 inverse[i] = gf_exp[GF_SIZE - gf_log[i]];
173 /** How often the loop is unrolled. */
177 * Compute dst[] = dst[] + c * src[]
179 * This is used often, so better optimize it! Currently the loop is unrolled 16
180 * times. The case c=0 is also optimized, whereas c=1 is not.
182 static void addmul(unsigned char *dst1, const unsigned char *src1,
183 unsigned char c, int sz)
185 unsigned char *dst, *lim, *col;
186 const unsigned char *src = src1;
192 lim = &dst[sz - UNROLL + 1];
193 col = gf_mul_table[c];
195 for (; dst < lim; dst += UNROLL, src += UNROLL) {
196 dst[0] ^= col[src[0]];
197 dst[1] ^= col[src[1]];
198 dst[2] ^= col[src[2]];
199 dst[3] ^= col[src[3]];
200 dst[4] ^= col[src[4]];
201 dst[5] ^= col[src[5]];
202 dst[6] ^= col[src[6]];
203 dst[7] ^= col[src[7]];
204 dst[8] ^= col[src[8]];
205 dst[9] ^= col[src[9]];
206 dst[10] ^= col[src[10]];
207 dst[11] ^= col[src[11]];
208 dst[12] ^= col[src[12]];
209 dst[13] ^= col[src[13]];
210 dst[14] ^= col[src[14]];
211 dst[15] ^= col[src[15]];
214 for (; dst < lim; dst++, src++) /* final components */
219 * Compute C = AB where A is n*k, B is k*m, C is n*m
221 static void matmul(unsigned char *a, unsigned char *b, unsigned char *c,
226 for (row = 0; row < n; row++) {
227 for (col = 0; col < m; col++) {
228 unsigned char *pa = &a[row * k], *pb = &b[col], acc = 0;
229 for (i = 0; i < k; i++, pa++, pb += m)
230 acc ^= gf_mul(*pa, *pb);
231 c[row * m + col] = acc;
236 /** Swap two numbers. */
237 #define FEC_SWAP(a,b) {typeof(a) tmp = a; a = b; b = tmp;}
240 * Compute the inverse of a matrix.
242 * k is the size of the matrix 'src' (Gauss-Jordan, adapted from Numerical
243 * Recipes in C). Returns negative on errors.
245 static int invert_mat(unsigned char *src, int k)
247 int irow, icol, row, col, ix, error;
248 int *indxc = para_malloc(k * sizeof(int));
249 int *indxr = para_malloc(k * sizeof(int));
250 int *ipiv = para_malloc(k * sizeof(int)); /* elements used as pivots */
251 unsigned char c, *p, *id_row = alloc_matrix(1, k),
252 *temp_row = alloc_matrix(1, k);
254 memset(id_row, 0, k);
255 memset(ipiv, 0, k * sizeof(int));
257 for (col = 0; col < k; col++) {
258 unsigned char *pivot_row;
260 * Zeroing column 'col', look for a non-zero element.
261 * First try on the diagonal, if it fails, look elsewhere.
264 if (ipiv[col] != 1 && src[col * k + col] != 0) {
269 for (row = 0; row < k; row++) {
270 if (ipiv[row] != 1) {
271 for (ix = 0; ix < k; ix++) {
273 if (src[row * k + ix] != 0) {
278 } else if (ipiv[ix] > 1) {
279 error = -E_FEC_PIVOT;
285 error = -E_FEC_PIVOT;
291 * swap rows irow and icol, so afterwards the diagonal element
292 * will be correct. Rarely done, not worth optimizing.
295 for (ix = 0; ix < k; ix++)
296 FEC_SWAP(src[irow * k + ix], src[icol * k + ix]);
299 pivot_row = &src[icol * k];
300 error = -E_FEC_SINGULAR;
304 if (c != 1) { /* otherwise this is a NOP */
306 * this is done often , but optimizing is not so
307 * fruitful, at least in the obvious ways (unrolling)
311 for (ix = 0; ix < k; ix++)
312 pivot_row[ix] = gf_mul(c, pivot_row[ix]);
315 * from all rows, remove multiples of the selected row to zero
316 * the relevant entry (in fact, the entry is not zero because
317 * we know it must be zero). (Here, if we know that the
318 * pivot_row is the identity, we can optimize the addmul).
321 if (memcmp(pivot_row, id_row, k) != 0) {
322 for (p = src, ix = 0; ix < k; ix++, p += k) {
326 addmul(p, pivot_row, c, k);
332 for (col = k - 1; col >= 0; col--) {
333 if (indxr[col] < 0 || indxr[col] >= k)
334 PARA_CRIT_LOG("AARGH, indxr[col] %d\n", indxr[col]);
335 else if (indxc[col] < 0 || indxc[col] >= k)
336 PARA_CRIT_LOG("AARGH, indxc[col] %d\n", indxc[col]);
337 else if (indxr[col] != indxc[col]) {
338 for (row = 0; row < k; row++) {
339 FEC_SWAP(src[row * k + indxr[col]],
340 src[row * k + indxc[col]]);
355 * Invert a Vandermonde matrix.
357 * It assumes that the matrix is not singular and _IS_ a Vandermonde matrix.
358 * Only uses the second column of the matrix, containing the p_i's.
360 * Algorithm borrowed from "Numerical recipes in C" -- sec.2.8, but largely
361 * revised for GF purposes.
363 static void invert_vdm(unsigned char *src, int k)
366 unsigned char *b, *c, *p, t, xx;
368 if (k == 1) /* degenerate */
371 * c holds the coefficient of P(x) = Prod (x - p_i), i=0..k-1
372 * b holds the coefficient for the matrix inversion
378 for (j = 1, i = 0; i < k; i++, j += k) {
383 * construct coeffs recursively. We know c[k] = 1 (implicit) and start
384 * P_0 = x - p_0, then at each stage multiply by x - p_i generating P_i
385 * = x P_{i-1} - p_i P_{i-1} After k steps we are done.
387 c[k - 1] = p[0]; /* really -p(0), but x = -x in GF(2^m) */
388 for (i = 1; i < k; i++) {
389 unsigned char p_i = p[i];
390 for (j = k - 1 - (i - 1); j < k - 1; j++)
391 c[j] ^= gf_mul(p_i, c[j + 1]);
395 for (row = 0; row < k; row++) {
397 * synthetic division etc.
401 b[k - 1] = 1; /* this is in fact c[k] */
402 for (i = k - 2; i >= 0; i--) {
403 b[i] = c[i + 1] ^ gf_mul(xx, b[i + 1]);
404 t = gf_mul(xx, t) ^ b[i];
406 for (col = 0; col < k; col++)
407 src[col * k + row] = gf_mul(inverse[t], b[col]);
414 static int fec_initialized;
416 static void init_fec(void)
423 /** Internal FEC parameters. */
425 /** Number of data slices. */
427 /** Number of slices (including redundant slices). */
429 /** The encoding matrix, computed by init_fec(). */
430 unsigned char *enc_matrix;
434 * Deallocate a fec params structure.
436 * \param p The structure to free.
438 void fec_free(struct fec_parms *p)
447 * Create a new encoder and return an opaque descriptor to it.
449 * \param k Number of input slices.
450 * \param n Number of output slices.
451 * \param result On success the Fec descriptor is returned here.
455 * This creates the k*n encoding matrix. It is computed starting with a
456 * Vandermonde matrix, and then transformed into a systematic matrix.
458 int fec_new(int k, int n, struct fec_parms **result)
461 unsigned char *p, *tmp_m;
462 struct fec_parms *parms;
464 if (!fec_initialized)
467 if (k < 1 || k > GF_SIZE + 1 || n > GF_SIZE + 1 || k > n)
469 parms = para_malloc(sizeof(struct fec_parms));
472 parms->enc_matrix = alloc_matrix(n, k);
473 tmp_m = alloc_matrix(n, k);
475 * fill the matrix with powers of field elements, starting from 0.
476 * The first row is special, cannot be computed with exp. table.
479 for (col = 1; col < k; col++)
481 for (p = tmp_m + k, row = 0; row < n - 1; row++, p += k) {
482 for (col = 0; col < k; col++)
483 p[col] = gf_exp[modnn(row * col)];
487 * quick code to build systematic matrix: invert the top
488 * k*k vandermonde matrix, multiply right the bottom n-k rows
489 * by the inverse, and construct the identity matrix at the top.
491 invert_vdm(tmp_m, k); /* much faster than invert_mat */
492 matmul(tmp_m + k * k, tmp_m, parms->enc_matrix + k * k, n - k, k, k);
494 * the upper matrix is I so do not bother with a slow multiply
496 memset(parms->enc_matrix, 0, k * k);
497 for (p = parms->enc_matrix, col = 0; col < k; col++, p += k + 1)
505 * Compute one encoded slice of the given input.
507 * \param parms The fec parameters returned earlier by fec_new().
508 * \param src The \a k data slices to encode.
509 * \param dst Result pointer.
510 * \param idx The index of the slice to compute.
511 * \param sz The size of the input data packets.
513 * Encode the \a k slices of size \a sz given by \a src and store the output
514 * slice number \a idx in \a dst.
516 void fec_encode(struct fec_parms *parms, const unsigned char * const *src,
517 unsigned char *dst, int idx, int sz)
522 assert(idx <= parms->n);
525 memcpy(dst, src[idx], sz);
528 p = &(parms->enc_matrix[idx * k]);
530 for (i = 0; i < k; i++)
531 addmul(dst, src[i], p[i], sz);
534 /* Move src packets in their position. */
535 static int shuffle(unsigned char **data, int *idx, int k)
539 for (i = 0; i < k;) {
540 if (idx[i] >= k || idx[i] == i)
542 else { /* put index and data at the right position */
545 if (idx[c] == c) /* conflict */
546 return -E_FEC_BAD_IDX;
547 FEC_SWAP(idx[i], idx[c]);
548 FEC_SWAP(data[i], data[c]);
555 * Construct the decoding matrix given the indices. The encoding matrix must
556 * already be allocated.
558 static int build_decode_matrix(struct fec_parms *parms, int *idx,
559 unsigned char **result)
561 int ret = -E_FEC_BAD_IDX, i, k = parms->k;
562 unsigned char *p, *matrix = alloc_matrix(k, k);
564 for (i = 0, p = matrix; i < k; i++, p += k) {
565 if (idx[i] >= parms->n) /* invalid index */
571 memcpy(p, &(parms->enc_matrix[idx[i] * k]), k);
573 ret = invert_mat(matrix, k);
585 * Decode one slice from the group of received slices.
587 * \param parms Pointer to fec params structure.
588 * \param data Pointers to received packets.
589 * \param idx Pointer to packet indices (gets modified).
590 * \param sz Size of each packet.
592 * \return Zero on success, -1 on errors.
594 * The \a data vector of received slices and the indices of slices are used to
595 * produce the correct output slice. The data slices are modified in-place.
597 int fec_decode(struct fec_parms *parms, unsigned char **data, int *idx,
600 unsigned char *m_dec, **slice;
601 int ret, row, col, k = parms->k;
603 ret = shuffle(data, idx, k);
606 ret = build_decode_matrix(parms, idx, &m_dec);
609 /* do the actual decoding */
610 slice = para_malloc(k * sizeof(unsigned char *));
611 for (row = 0; row < k; row++) {
613 slice[row] = para_calloc(sz);
614 for (col = 0; col < k; col++)
615 addmul(slice[row], data[col],
616 m_dec[row * k + col], sz);
619 /* move slices to their final destination */
620 for (row = 0; row < k; row++) {
622 memcpy(data[row], slice[row], sz);