Low-density parity-check (LDPC) convolutional codes are capable of achieving excellent
performance with low encoding and decoding complexity. In this paper, we discuss several …

Low-density parity-check (LDPC) block codes invented by Gallager in 1962 achieve
exceptional error performance on a wide variety of communication channels. LDPC …

Low-density parity-check (LDPC) convolutional codes have been shown to be capable of
achieving capacity-approaching performance with iterative message-passing decoding. In …

Potentially large storage requirements and long initial decoding delays are two practical
issues related to the decoding of low-density parity-check (LDPC) convolutional codes using …

In this paper, we present a method to construct girth-6 protographs that lead to the shortest
constraint length in the convolutional structure. A stringent structural constraint is imposed …

In this letter, we propose a novel approach of constructing low-density parity-check
convolutional codes (LDPC-CCs), based on the progressive edge-growth (PEG) algorithm …

A unified approach to search for and optimize codes determined by their sparse parity-check
matrices is presented. Replacing the nonzero elements of a binary parity-check matrix (the …

In this paper, the tail-biting version of the low-density parity-check convolutional codes
(LDPCCCs) is introduced and investigated. The definition of the tail-biting LDPCCCs (TB …

In this paper we study the iterative decoding behavior of time-invariant and time-varying
LDPC convolutional codes derived by unwrapping QC LDPC block codes. In particular, for a …

Recently, low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes have attracted a lot of attention in the
coding theory community. However, their real-world applications are still problematic mainly …