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A High-Throughput Multi-Mode LDPC Decoder for 5G NR

Signal Processing 2021-03-12 v2

Abstract

This paper presents a partially parallel low-density parity-check (LDPC) decoder designed for the 5G New Radio (NR) standard. The design is using a multi-block parallel architecture with a flooding schedule. The decoder can support any code rates and code lengths up to the lifting size Zmax= 96. To compensate for the dropped throughput associated with the smaller Z values, the design can double and quadruple its parallelism when lifting sizes Z<= 48 and Z<= 24 are selected respectively. Therefore, the decoder can process up to eight frames and restore the throughput to the maximum. To simplify the design's architecture, a new variable node for decoding the extended parity bits present in the lower code rates is proposed. The FPGA implementation of the decoder results in a throughput of 2.1 Gbps decoding the 11/12 code rate. Additionally, the synthesized decoder using the 28 nm TSMC technology, achieves a maximum clock frequency of 526 MHz and a throughput of 13.46 Gbps. The core decoder occupies 1.03 mm2, and the power consumption is 229 mW.

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@article{arxiv.2102.13228,
  title  = {A High-Throughput Multi-Mode LDPC Decoder for 5G NR},
  author = {Sina Pourjabar and Gwan S. Choi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.13228},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

More explanation added to section II.B. Fig. 3.(b) Revised. Typos corrected

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