Min-sum decoding algorithm for LDPC codes based on integer operation
Sen Li · Journal of Communications · 2010
The LDPC codes decoding algorithm over additive white gaussian noise(AWGN) channels was studied,and a min-sum algorithm based on integer operation was proposed for decoding LDPC codes.All the variables were fixed length integers in this algorithm,which was very convenient for hardware implementation.At the signal-to-noise ratios(SNR) above 3dB,its performance was equal to that of sum-product algorithm whose variables were high precision floating point numbers.Also,a coefficient was designed to modify the min-sum algorithm,whose decoding performance was improved greatly especially at low SNR.And another achievement had been found that this algorithm had a lower error floor at high SNR.