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Abstract

We present methods to estimate code performance and decoder complexity from the code rate, block size, and word-error rate, for families of related low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes. Performance estimates are generally within a couple tenths of a decibel of results determined by simulation; estimates of complexity (and hence decoder speed) are generally within 10 percent. Experimental data show that there is a trade-off between complexity and code performance determined by the design of the LDPC code, and that each 1 dB (26 percent) of increased complexity is worth about a 0.1-dB reduction in the required signal-to-noise ratio.

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Volume
42-168
Published
February 15, 2007
Pages
1–13
File Size
192.2 KB