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Modification of SOVA-based Algorithms for Efficient Hardware Implementation

Ang, Lay-Hong ; Lim, Wee-Guan and Kamuf, Matthias LU (2010) IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), 2010 p.1-5
Abstract
In this paper, a modified soft-output Viterbi algorithm (SOVA) is presented to enable efficient hardware implementation. The forward-only processing of the SOVA has an inherent lower latency than forward-backward algorithms such as BCJR and its offspring, which are commonly used in iterative decoders. Thus, SOVA-based architectures require less parallelization and therefore hardware for the same data throughput. A simplification is proposed to the Battail rule ( BR) SOVA to approximate the concurrent path reliability values with the corresponding metric differences. This simplified BR-SOVA (SB-SOVA) performs close to max-log-MAP. Furthermore, a novel hybrid decoding architecture is proposed that combines the simplicity of the original... (More)
In this paper, a modified soft-output Viterbi algorithm (SOVA) is presented to enable efficient hardware implementation. The forward-only processing of the SOVA has an inherent lower latency than forward-backward algorithms such as BCJR and its offspring, which are commonly used in iterative decoders. Thus, SOVA-based architectures require less parallelization and therefore hardware for the same data throughput. A simplification is proposed to the Battail rule ( BR) SOVA to approximate the concurrent path reliability values with the corresponding metric differences. This simplified BR-SOVA (SB-SOVA) performs close to max-log-MAP. Furthermore, a novel hybrid decoding architecture is proposed that combines the simplicity of the original Hagenauer rule and the performance-preserving properties of the SB-SOVA to trade implementation complexity for decoding performance. The hybrid approach is evaluated with practical link-level simulations of the downlink data channel in LTE Rel-8. (Less)
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IEEE 71st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC 2010-Spring), 2010
pages
1 - 5
publisher
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
conference name
IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), 2010
conference location
Taipei, Taiwan
conference dates
2010-05-16 - 2010-05-19
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  • wos:000287515900282
  • scopus:77954939490
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1550-2252
DOI
10.1109/VETECS.2010.5493927
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English
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  abstract     = {{In this paper, a modified soft-output Viterbi algorithm (SOVA) is presented to enable efficient hardware implementation. The forward-only processing of the SOVA has an inherent lower latency than forward-backward algorithms such as BCJR and its offspring, which are commonly used in iterative decoders. Thus, SOVA-based architectures require less parallelization and therefore hardware for the same data throughput. A simplification is proposed to the Battail rule ( BR) SOVA to approximate the concurrent path reliability values with the corresponding metric differences. This simplified BR-SOVA (SB-SOVA) performs close to max-log-MAP. Furthermore, a novel hybrid decoding architecture is proposed that combines the simplicity of the original Hagenauer rule and the performance-preserving properties of the SB-SOVA to trade implementation complexity for decoding performance. The hybrid approach is evaluated with practical link-level simulations of the downlink data channel in LTE Rel-8.}},
  author       = {{Ang, Lay-Hong and Lim, Wee-Guan and Kamuf, Matthias}},
  booktitle    = {{IEEE 71st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC 2010-Spring), 2010}},
  issn         = {{1550-2252}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{1--5}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{Modification of SOVA-based Algorithms for Efficient Hardware Implementation}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/VETECS.2010.5493927}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/VETECS.2010.5493927}},
  year         = {{2010}},
}