Title
Wave-like decoding of tail-biting spatially coupled LDPC codes through iterative demapping
Abstract
For finite coupling lengths, terminated spatially coupled low-density parity-check (SC-LDPC) codes show a non-negligible rate-loss. In this paper, we investigate if this rate loss can be mitigated by tail-biting SC-LDPC codes in conjunction with iterative demapping of higher order modulation formats. Therefore, we examine the BP threshold of different coupled and uncoupled ensembles. A comparison between the decoding thresholds approximated by EXIT charts and the density evolution results of the coupled and uncoupled ensemble is given. We investigate the effect and potential of different labelings for such a set-up using per-bit EXIT curves, and exemplify the method for a 16-QAM system, e.g., using set partitioning labelings. A hybrid mapping is proposed, where different sub-blocks use different labelings in order to further optimize the decoding thresholds of tail-biting codes, while the computational complexity overhead through iterative demapping remains small.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1109/ISTC.2016.7593089
2016 9th International Symposium on Turbo Codes and Iterative Information Processing (ISTC)
Keywords
DocType
Volume
wave-like decoding,tail-biting spatially coupled LDPC codes,iterative demapping,finite coupling lengths,spatially coupled low-density parity-check codes,modulation formats,EXIT charts,density evolution,per-bit EXIT curves,16-QAM system,set partitioning labelings,hybrid mapping,decoding thresholds,computational complexity
Journal
abs/1704.05408
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
2165-4700
978-1-5090-3402-4
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.36
9
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
sebastian cammerer115716.76
Schmalen, Laurent211232.50
vahid aref31811.40
Stephan ten Brink42912204.86