Hardware-friendly Probabilistic Min-Sum algorithm for fully-parallel LDPC decoders

Huang Chang Lee*, Chung Chao Cheng, Yeong Luh Ueng

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Abstract

In order to simplify the check node operation of the low-density parity-check (LDPC) decoders, this paper presents a Normalized Probabilistic Min-Sum Algorithm (NPMSA), where the second minimum value is replaced by a probabilistic second minimum value. For NPMSA, the number of required comparisons can be reduced to about half compared to that of the conventional Normalized Min-Sum Algorithm (NMSA). It is shown that the simplification only introduces negligible impact on the bit-error rate performance, especially for codes with a high check node degree. When the proposed NPMSA is applied to the (2048, 1723) RS-LDPC code, the degradation in the error-rate performance is only about 0.05 dB. The hardware implementation shows that a throughput of 45.42 Gbps can be achieved using the proposed NPMSA.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Symposium on Turbo Codes and Iterative Information Processing, ISTC
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages102-106
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781479959853
DOIs
StatePublished - 12 11 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event2014 8th International Symposium on Turbo Codes and Iterative Information Processing, ISTC 2014 - Bremen, Germany
Duration: 18 08 201422 08 2014

Publication series

NameInternational Symposium on Turbo Codes and Iterative Information Processing, ISTC
ISSN (Print)2165-4700
ISSN (Electronic)2165-4719

Conference

Conference2014 8th International Symposium on Turbo Codes and Iterative Information Processing, ISTC 2014
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityBremen
Period18/08/1422/08/14

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Keywords

  • High-throughput Decoder
  • Low-density Parity-check (LDPC) Codes
  • Min-Sum Algorithm

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