2 research outputs found
Scalable Block-Wise Product BCH Codes
In this paper we comprehensively investigate block-wise product (BWP) BCH
codes, wherein raw data is arranged in the form of block-wise matrix and each
row and column BCH codes intersect on one data block. We first devise efficient
BCH decoding algorithms, including reduced-1-bit decoding, extra-1-bit list
decoding, and extra-2-bit list decoding. We next present a systematic
construction of BWP-BCH codes upon given message and parity lengths that takes
into account for performance, implementation and scalability, rather than
focusing on a regularly defined BWP-BCH code. It can easily accommodate
different message length or parity length at minimal changes. It employs
extended BCH codes instead of BCH codes to reduce miscorrection rate and an
inner RS code to lower error floor. We also describe a high-speed scalable
encoder. We finally present a novel iterative decoding algorithm which is
divided into three phases. The first phase iteratively applies reduced BCH
correction capabilities to correct lightly corrupted rows/columns while
suppressing miscorrection, until the process stalls. The second phase
iteratively decodes up to the designed correction capabilities, until the
process stalls. The last phase iteratively applies the proposed list decoding
in a novel manner which effectively determines the correct candidate. The key
idea is to use cross decoding upon each list candidate to pick the candidate
which enables the maximum number of successful cross decoding. Our simulations
show that the proposed algorithm provides a significant performance boost
compared to the state-of-the-art algorithms.Comment: Submitted to IEEE trans. Info. Theor
Extension of the Blahut-Arimoto algorithm for maximizing directed information
We extend the Blahut-Arimoto algorithm for maximizing Massey's directed
information. The algorithm can be used for estimating the capacity of channels
with delayed feedback, where the feedback is a deterministic function of the
output. In order to do so, we apply the ideas from the regular Blahut-Arimoto
algorithm, i.e., the alternating maximization procedure, onto our new problem.
We provide both upper and lower bound sequences that converge to the optimum
value. Our main insight in this paper is that in order to find the maximum of
the directed information over causal conditioning probability mass function
(PMF), one can use a backward index time maximization combined with the
alternating maximization procedure. We give a detailed description of the
algorithm, its complexity, the memory needed, and several numerical examples.Comment: 28 pages, 13 figures, 34 reference