Abstract
We consider Gallager's soft decoding (belief propagation) algorithm for decoding low density parity check (LDPC) codes, when applied to an arbitrary binary-input symmetric-output channel. By considering the expected values of the messages, we derive both lower and upper bounds on the performance of the algorithm. We also derive various properties of the decoding algorithm, such as robustness to the initial values of the messages. Our results apply both to regular and irregular LDPC codes.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings |
| State | Published - 2001 |
| Event | 2001 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 2001) - Washington, DC, United States Duration: 24 Jun 2001 → 29 Jun 2001 |