Multiple component codes based generalized LDPC codes for high-speed optical transport

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Abstract

A class of generalized low-density parity-check (GLDPC) codes suitable for optical communications is proposed, which consists of multiple local codes. It is shown that Hamming, BCH, and Reed-Muller codes can be used as local codes, and that the maximum a posteriori probability (MAP) decoding of these local codes by Ashikhmin-Lytsin algorithm is feasible in terms of complexity and performance. We demonstrate that record coding gains can be obtained from properly designed GLDPC codes, derived from multiple component codes. We then show that several recently proposed classes of LDPC codes such as convolutional and spatiallycoupled codes can be described using the concept of GLDPC coding, which indicates that the GLDPC coding can be used as a unified platform for advanced FEC enabling ultra-high speed optical transport. The proposed class of GLDPC codes is also suitable for code-rate adaption, to adjust the error correction strength depending on the optical channel conditions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)16694-16705
Number of pages12
JournalOptics Express
Volume22
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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