The design of low-density parity-check (LDPC) code ensembles optimized for a finite number of decoder iterations is investigated. Our approach employs EXIT chart analysis and differential evolution to design such ensembles for the binary erasure channel and additive white Gaussian noise channel. The error rates of codes optimized for various numbers of decoder iterations are compared and it is seen that in the cases considered, the best performance for a given number of decoder iterations is achieved by codes which are optimized for this particular number. The design of generalized LDPC (GLDPC) codes is also considered, showing that these structures can offer better performance than LDPC codes for low-iteration-number designs. Finally, it is illustrated that LDPC codes which are optimized for a small number of iterations exhibit significant deviations in terms of degree distribution and weight enumerators with respect to LDPC codes returned by more conventional design tools.
Design of LDPC code ensembles with fast convergence properties / Mulholland, Ian P.; Paolini, Enrico; Flanagan, Mark F.. - ELETTRONICO. - (2015), pp. 7185085.53-7185085.57. (Intervento presentato al convegno 3rd IEEE International Black Sea Conference on Communications and Networking, BlackSeaCom 2015 tenutosi a Constanta, Romania nel 2015) [10.1109/BlackSeaCom.2015.7185085].
Design of LDPC code ensembles with fast convergence properties
PAOLINI, ENRICO;
2015
Abstract
The design of low-density parity-check (LDPC) code ensembles optimized for a finite number of decoder iterations is investigated. Our approach employs EXIT chart analysis and differential evolution to design such ensembles for the binary erasure channel and additive white Gaussian noise channel. The error rates of codes optimized for various numbers of decoder iterations are compared and it is seen that in the cases considered, the best performance for a given number of decoder iterations is achieved by codes which are optimized for this particular number. The design of generalized LDPC (GLDPC) codes is also considered, showing that these structures can offer better performance than LDPC codes for low-iteration-number designs. Finally, it is illustrated that LDPC codes which are optimized for a small number of iterations exhibit significant deviations in terms of degree distribution and weight enumerators with respect to LDPC codes returned by more conventional design tools.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.