TY - GEN
T1 - Successive cancellation list polar decoder using log-likelihood ratios
AU - Yuan, Bo
AU - Parhi, Keshab K.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 IEEE.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/4/24
Y1 - 2015/4/24
N2 - Successive cancellation list (SCL) decoding algorithm is a powerful method that can help polar codes achieve excellent error-correcting performance. However, the current SCL algorithm and decoders are based on likelihood or log-likelihood forms, which render high hardware complexity. In this paper, we propose a log-likelihood-ratio (LLR)-based SCL (LLR-SCL) decoding algorithm, which only needs half the computation and storage complexity than the conventional one. Then, based on the proposed algorithm, we develop low-complexity VLSI architectures for LLR-SCL decoders. Analysis results show that the proposed LLR-SCL decoder achieves 50% reduction in hardware and 98% improvement in hardware efficiency.
AB - Successive cancellation list (SCL) decoding algorithm is a powerful method that can help polar codes achieve excellent error-correcting performance. However, the current SCL algorithm and decoders are based on likelihood or log-likelihood forms, which render high hardware complexity. In this paper, we propose a log-likelihood-ratio (LLR)-based SCL (LLR-SCL) decoding algorithm, which only needs half the computation and storage complexity than the conventional one. Then, based on the proposed algorithm, we develop low-complexity VLSI architectures for LLR-SCL decoders. Analysis results show that the proposed LLR-SCL decoder achieves 50% reduction in hardware and 98% improvement in hardware efficiency.
KW - Log-likelihood ratio (LLR)
KW - Low-complexity
KW - Polar codes
KW - Successive cancellation list (SCL)
KW - VLSI
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U2 - 10.1109/ACSSC.2014.7094505
DO - 10.1109/ACSSC.2014.7094505
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84940538392
T3 - Conference Record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers
SP - 548
EP - 552
BT - Conference Record of the 48th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers
A2 - Matthews, Michael B.
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 48th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2015
Y2 - 2 November 2014 through 5 November 2014
ER -