Title :
A class of non-binary regular girth-8 LDPC codes for optical communication channels
Author :
Arabaci, Murat ; Djordjevic, Ivan B. ; Saunders, Ross ; Marcoccia, Roberto
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Abstract :
We investigate the feasibility of non-binary, regular LDPC codes for optical transmission. Our results indicate that non-binary codes not only beat their bit-length-matched binary counterparts in performance but also admit 3.26 times less complex decoders.
Keywords :
channel coding; decoding; optical fibre communication; parity check codes; bit-length-matched binary counterpart; complex decoder; nonbinary regular LDPC code; optical communication channel; optical transmission; Bit error rate; Computational complexity; Decoding; Forward error correction; Galois fields; Jacobian matrices; Optical fiber communication; Parity check codes; Sparse matrices; Sum product algorithm; (060.2330) Fiber optics communications; (999.9999) Low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-865-0
