Method and apparatus for shortening and puncturing non-binary code

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present invention relates to a method and a device for efficiently shortening and puncturing a non-binary LDPC code, the method for a transmitter shortening and puncturing a non-binary code being capable of supporting various modulation methods by using a single non-binary code, and the method comprising the steps of: shortening, on the basis of a modulation method, at least one information bit in at least one information symbol constituting the non-binary code; encoding the at least one information symbol having a shortened information bit; and puncturing, on the basis of the modulation method, at least one parity code in at least one parity symbol obtained through the encoding step.

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