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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Information Photonics (IP), 2011 ICO International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-315-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICO-IP.2011.5953744
