• DocumentCode
    3187691
  • Title

    Design of the BCJR decoding algorithm with reduced space complexity

  • Author

    Spasov, Dejan

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., "SS. Cyril and Methodious" Univ., Skopje, Macedonia
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    25-29 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    588
  • Lastpage
    591
  • Abstract
    Given an M-state (recursive) convolutional encoder, we show that, in theory, computing the forward alpha probabilities of the BCJR decoding algorithm can be done with 2M memory elements. Building on this idea we propose new design with reduced space complexity for the original BCJR algorithm. Initial experiments with rate-1/2 1025-bit-long Turbo Codes show possibility for compressing the size of memory for the alpha probabilities for about 97%.
  • Keywords
    computational complexity; convolutional codes; decoding; probability; turbo codes; BCJR decoding algorithm; Bahl-Cocke-Jelinek-Raviv decoding algorithm; M-state convolutional encoder; Turbo code; forward alpha probability; space complexity reduction; Algorithm design and analysis; Complexity theory; Convolutional codes; Decoding; Iterative decoding; Memory management; Turbo codes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics (MIPRO), 2015 38th International Convention on
  • Conference_Location
    Opatija
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MIPRO.2015.7160340
  • Filename
    7160340