• DocumentCode
    2294913
  • Title

    Decoding of long-block soft decision LDPC codes for optical communication systems

  • Author

    Sakib, M.N. ; Wong, A.J. ; Gross, W.J. ; Liboiron-Ladouceur, O.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    18-20 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We investigate a soft decision decoder for LDPC codes with long-block size. The results show a coding gain of 5.9 dB compared to an uncoded system and 1.5 dB over a hard decision receiver.
  • Keywords
    decoding; optical communication equipment; parity check codes; coding gain; hard decision receiver; long-block soft decision LDPC codes; optical communication systems; soft decision decoder; Decoding; Forward error correction; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Parity check codes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information Photonics (IP), 2011 ICO International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Ottawa, ON
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-315-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICO-IP.2011.5953744
  • Filename
    5953744
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2294913