Title :
On parameter optimization for staircase codes
Author :
Hager, Christian ; Amat, Alexandre Graell I. ; Pfister, Henry D. ; Alvarado, Alex ; Brannstrom, Fredrik ; Agrell, Erik
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Signals & Syst., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden
Abstract :
We discuss the optimization of staircase code parameters based on density evolution. An extension of the original code construction is proposed, leading to codes with steeper waterfall performance.
Keywords :
forward error correction; optical fibre networks; optimisation; FEC codes; density evolution; forward error correction; optical transport networks; parameter optimization; staircase code parameters; steeper waterfall performance; Arrays; Bit error rate; Decoding; Forward error correction; Iterative decoding; Optical fibers; Optimization;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
