Title :
Evaluation of left-terminated spatially coupled LDPC codes for optical communications
Author :
Schmalen, Laurent ; Suikat, Detlef ; Rosener, Detlef ; Leven, Andreas
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Stuttgart, Germany
Abstract :
We analyze the performance of different left-terminated, infinitely extended spatially coupled LDPC codes for optical communications using an FPGA-based emulator. We find codes that are able to realize conjectured net coding gains of more than 12.1 dB.
Keywords :
field programmable gate arrays; optical communication; parity check codes; FPGA-based emulator; conjectured net coding gains; left-terminated spatially coupled LDPC codes; optical communications; Bit error rate; Decision support systems;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964006
