A semi-folded decoding architecture for flexible codeword length configuration of polar codes

Shan Cao, Limin Jiang, Ting Lin, Shunqing Zhang, Shugong Xu

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Abstract

Diverse application scenarios in 5G and beyond wireless communication systems have introduced various requirements in code lengths and rates of channel codes. For the decoding of polar codes, especially the belief-propagation (BP) decoding, flexible configuration of codeword length is still not involved in current decoders. In this paper, a semi-folded decoding structure is proposed which can be reconfigured to support multiple codeword lengths. Up to 16 codes can be decoded in parallel and the utilization of processing units is no less than 87.5% for various codeword lengths. The peak throughput of 19.29 Gbps can be achieved by the proposed decoder in SMIC 55 nm CMOS technology.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2021 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2021 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728192017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes
Event53rd IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2021 - Daegu, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 22 May 202128 May 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
Volume2021-May
ISSN (Print)0271-4310

Conference

Conference53rd IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2021
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityDaegu
Period22/05/2128/05/21

Keywords

  • Belief Propagation (BP)
  • Hardware implementation
  • Polar codes

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