Hard decision error correcting scheme based on LDPC codes for long-haul optical transmission

Miloš Ivković, Ivan Djordjević, Bane Vasić

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Abstract

In this paper an error correcting scheme for long-haul optical transmission systems based on the maximum likelihood sequence detection-Viterbi algorithm and a hard decision "Gallager B" decoding algorithm for LDPC codes is proposed. Numerical results for various LDPC codes are presented and it is shown that the proposed method provides significant coding gain with respect to the uncoded system and Viterbi equalizer only.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationOptical Transmission Systems and Equipment for Networking V
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
EventOptical Transmission Systems and Equipment for Networking V - Boston, MA, United States
Duration: Oct 2 2006Oct 4 2006

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume6388
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Other

OtherOptical Transmission Systems and Equipment for Networking V
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBoston, MA
Period10/2/0610/4/06

Keywords

  • Forward error correction
  • Iterative decoding
  • LDPC codes
  • Optical communications
  • Viterbi algorithm

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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