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On the Block Error Rate Performance of Spatially Coupled LDPC Codes for Streaming Applications

Mitchell, David G. M. ; Pusane, Ali E. ; Lentmaier, Michael LU and Costello, Jr., Daniel J. (2016) IEEE Information Theory Workshop
Abstract
In this paper, we study the block error rate (BLER) performance of spatially coupled low-density parity-check (SC- LDPC) codes using a sliding window decoder suited for streaming applications. Previous studies of SC-LDPC have focused on the bit error rate (BER) performance or the frame error rate (FER) performance over the entire length of the code. Here, we consider protograph-based constructions of SC-LDPC codes in which a window decoder continuously outputs blocks in a streaming fashion, and we examine the BLER associated with these blocks.
We begin by examining the effect of protograph design on the streaming BLER by varying the block size and the coupling width in such a way that the overall constraint length of the SC-LDPC code... (More)
In this paper, we study the block error rate (BLER) performance of spatially coupled low-density parity-check (SC- LDPC) codes using a sliding window decoder suited for streaming applications. Previous studies of SC-LDPC have focused on the bit error rate (BER) performance or the frame error rate (FER) performance over the entire length of the code. Here, we consider protograph-based constructions of SC-LDPC codes in which a window decoder continuously outputs blocks in a streaming fashion, and we examine the BLER associated with these blocks.
We begin by examining the effect of protograph design on the streaming BLER by varying the block size and the coupling width in such a way that the overall constraint length of the SC-LDPC code remains constant. Next, we investigate the BLER scaling behavior with block size and coupling width. Lastly, we consider the effect of employing an outer code to protect blocks, so that small numbers of residual errors can be corrected by the outer code. Simulation results for the additive white Gaussian noise channel (AWGNC) are included and comparisons are made to LDPC block codes (LDPC-BCs). (Less)
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LDPC codes, spatially coupled codes, convolutional codes, streaming
host publication
Proc. IEEE Information Theory Workshop
pages
5 pages
publisher
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
conference name
IEEE Information Theory Workshop
conference location
Cambridge, United Kingdom
conference dates
2016-09-12 - 2016-09-14
external identifiers
  • scopus:84998723903
ISBN
978-1-5090-1090-5
DOI
10.1109/ITW.2016.7606831
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English
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  abstract     = {{In this paper, we study the block error rate (BLER) performance of spatially coupled low-density parity-check (SC- LDPC) codes using a sliding window decoder suited for streaming applications. Previous studies of SC-LDPC have focused on the bit error rate (BER) performance or the frame error rate (FER) performance over the entire length of the code. Here, we consider protograph-based constructions of SC-LDPC codes in which a window decoder continuously outputs blocks in a streaming fashion, and we examine the BLER associated with these blocks.<br/>We begin by examining the effect of protograph design on the streaming BLER by varying the block size and the coupling width in such a way that the overall constraint length of the SC-LDPC code remains constant. Next, we investigate the BLER scaling behavior with block size and coupling width. Lastly, we consider the effect of employing an outer code to protect blocks, so that small numbers of residual errors can be corrected by the outer code. Simulation results for the additive white Gaussian noise channel (AWGNC) are included and comparisons are made to LDPC block codes (LDPC-BCs).}},
  author       = {{Mitchell, David G. M. and Pusane, Ali E. and Lentmaier, Michael and Costello, Jr., Daniel J.}},
  booktitle    = {{Proc. IEEE Information Theory Workshop}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{On the Block Error Rate Performance of Spatially Coupled LDPC Codes for Streaming Applications}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/11334826/MPLC_ITW2016_Final.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/ITW.2016.7606831}},
  year         = {{2016}},
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