Communication VLSI Circuit Implementation: Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) Code Decoder

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Principal Investigator

Richard Shi

Participating Students:

Lei Yang
Lili Zhou
Leon Liu
Eric Normark (now with Department of Defense)
Pavel Nikitin
Cherry Wakayama

DARPA

• L. Yang, H. Liu, and C.-J. R. Shi, "Construction and FPGA implementation of low-error-floor multi-rate low-density parity-check code decoders", IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems-I, in press.
• L. Yang, H. Liu and C.-J. R. Shi, "A cycle elimination method for constructing VLSI-oriented LDPC codes", IEEE 62nd Vehicle Technology Conf., Dallas, TX, USA, September 25 to 28, 2005. Accepted (625 out of 1084 accepted).
• L. Yang, M. Shen, H. Liu and C.-J. R. Shi, ``An FPGA implementation of low-density parity-check code decoder with multi-rate capability", pp. 760-763 in Proc. Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conf. (ASPDAC'05), Shanghai, China, Jan. 2005 (177 out of 692 accepted).
• Lili Zhou, Cherry Wakayama, Nuttorn Jangkrajarng, Bo Hu, and C.-J. Richard Shi, "A High-Throughput Low-Power Fully Parallel 1024-bit ½ Rate Low Density Parity Check Code Decoder in 3-Dimensional Integrated Circuits", Accepted by Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conf. (ASPDAC'06), Japan, Jan 2006.
• *L. Yang, H. Liu and C.-J. R. Shi, "VLSI implementation of low-error-floor and capacity-approaching performance low-density parity-check codes with multi-rate capacity", IEEE Global Communications Theory Symposium (GLOBECOM), St. Louis, MO, Nov 28-Dec 2, 2005 (accepted and to appear).
• L. Yang, C. Wakayama, and C.-J. R. Shi, "Top-down design of A pi/4 DQPSK transceiver with noise and nonlinearity aware behavioral modeling", IFIP VLSI-Systems-on-Chip Conference, Perth, Australia, Oct. 17-19, 2005 (accepted and to appear).
• E. Normark, L. Yang, C. Wakayama, P.V. Nikitin, and C.-J. R. Shi, "VHDL-AMS modeling and simulation of a Pi/4 DQPSK transceiver system", pp. 119-124 in Proc. IEEE Behavioral Modeling and Simulation Conf. (BMAS'04), San Jose, CA, Oct. 2004.
• P. V. Nikitin, E. Normark, C. Wakayama, and C.-J. R. Shi, "VHDL-AMS modeling and simulation of a BPSK transceiver system", Proc. of IEEE International Conf. on Circuits and Systems for Communications, Moscow, Russia, June 2004.