Dual RAM Based LDPC Decoding Bit Flipping Algorithm

Abstract

A generic RAM based FPGA architecture for decoding LDPC codes. RAM based decoding enables us to reduce permutation networks into simple address controllers. Moreover, utilizing Block RAMs with various aspect ratios in an FPGA provides flexibility ranging from area driven compact designs to fully parallelized high throughput designs. Utilizing the read-first property of the RAMs, the proposed design efficiently exploits the dual port Block RAM resources by accessing all the four ports at the same time.