An Overlapped Shuffled-BP LDPC Decoding Algorithm
Ya’nan Fan, Yao Xiujuan · 2016
Shuffled-BP (SBP) decoding algorithm is a variable-node-based serial decoding algorithm, which converges faster than the original Belief-Propagation (BP) decoding algorithm. However, due to the semi-parallel processing, there is a decrease in terms of convergence speed and error performance. An Overlapped Shuffled-BP(OSBP) decoding algorithm is proposed to enhance further the performance of the Shuffled-BP algorithm. In this algorithm, more than one sub-decoders are used to execute simultaneously, every sub-decoder has different updating order from each other. Regarding each variable node, the most reliable messages are kept and used for the next iteration, thus a faster convergence can be provided. Both theoretical analysis and simulation results show that, compared with SBP algorithm, OSBP algorithm possesses a better error performance as well as a higher convergence speed and introduces no extra storage requirement. Moreover, the proposed algorithm is effective for both regular and irregular LDPC codes.