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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2006
Erich F Haratsch, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Ruwan Ratnayake, Cambridge, MA (US);
Erich F Haratsch, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Ruwan Ratnayake, Cambridge, MA (US);
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for decoding codes that can be described using bipartite graphs having interconnected bit nodes and check nodes. A magnitude of a check-to-bit node message from check node j to bit node i is computed based on a sum of transformed magnitudes of bit-to-check node messages for a plurality of bit nodes connected to the check node j, less a transformed magnitude of the bit-to-check node message for bit node i and check node j. A sign of the check-to-bit node message from check node j to bit node i can also be computed by multiplying a product Sof the sign of bit-to-check node messages among a plurality of bit nodes connected to the check node j by the sign of the bit-to-check node message for bit node i and check node j. A decoder architecture is also disclosed for decoding a code that can be described using a bipartite graph having interconnected bit nodes and check nodes. The disclosed decoder can be concatenated with a soft output detector.