DocumentCode
1815902
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
fYear
2009
fDate
22-26 March 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
Filename
5032303
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