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Window Decoding of Braided Convolutional Codes

Zhu, Min ; Mitchell, David G.M. ; Lentmaier, Michael LU ; Costello Jr., Daniel J. and Bai, Baoming (2015) IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), 2015
Abstract
We consider a window decoding scheme for Braided Convolutional Codes (BCCs) based on the BCJR algorithm. We describe the principle of this decoding scheme and show that BCCs with window decoding exhibit excellent performance. The tradeoff between performance and decoding latency is examined and, to reduce decoding complexity, both uniform and nonuniform message passing schedules within the decoding window are considered. Finally, puncturing is employed to obtain rate-compatible code rates of 1/2 and 2/3 starting from a rate 1/3 example mother code. Simulation results show that, with nonuniform message passing and puncturing, near capacity performance can be maintained throughout the rate range considered with reasonable decoding complexity... (More)
We consider a window decoding scheme for Braided Convolutional Codes (BCCs) based on the BCJR algorithm. We describe the principle of this decoding scheme and show that BCCs with window decoding exhibit excellent performance. The tradeoff between performance and decoding latency is examined and, to reduce decoding complexity, both uniform and nonuniform message passing schedules within the decoding window are considered. Finally, puncturing is employed to obtain rate-compatible code rates of 1/2 and 2/3 starting from a rate 1/3 example mother code. Simulation results show that, with nonuniform message passing and puncturing, near capacity performance can be maintained throughout the rate range considered with reasonable decoding complexity and no visible error floors. (Less)
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spatially coupled codes, braided codes, LDPC convolutional codes
host publication
2015 IEEE Information Theory Workshop - Fall (ITW)
publisher
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
conference name
IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), 2015
conference location
Jeju Island, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
conference dates
2015-10-11 - 2015-10-15
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  • scopus:84962766160
ISBN
978-1-4673-7852-9
DOI
10.1109/ITWF.2015.7360751
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English
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e8863b9a-9278-44ee-8b2e-4fc1bac0dba9 (old id 8081425)
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  abstract     = {{We consider a window decoding scheme for Braided Convolutional Codes (BCCs) based on the BCJR algorithm. We describe the principle of this decoding scheme and show that BCCs with window decoding exhibit excellent performance. The tradeoff between performance and decoding latency is examined and, to reduce decoding complexity, both uniform and nonuniform message passing schedules within the decoding window are considered. Finally, puncturing is employed to obtain rate-compatible code rates of 1/2 and 2/3 starting from a rate 1/3 example mother code. Simulation results show that, with nonuniform message passing and puncturing, near capacity performance can be maintained throughout the rate range considered with reasonable decoding complexity and no visible error floors.}},
  author       = {{Zhu, Min and Mitchell, David G.M. and Lentmaier, Michael and Costello Jr., Daniel J. and Bai, Baoming}},
  booktitle    = {{2015 IEEE Information Theory Workshop - Fall (ITW)}},
  isbn         = {{978-1-4673-7852-9}},
  keywords     = {{spatially coupled codes; braided codes; LDPC convolutional codes}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{Window Decoding of Braided Convolutional Codes}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/5418243/8081426.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/ITWF.2015.7360751}},
  year         = {{2015}},
}