Improved minimum weight, girth, and ACE distributions in ensembles of short block length irregular LDPC codes constructed using PEG and cyclic PEG (CPEG) algorithms

Abstract

In this paper we introduce a novel progressive edge-growth (PEG) algorithm, the cyclic PEG (CPEG) algorithm. The CPEG algorithm uses an alternative edge establishment sequence to construct low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes. Irregular LDPC codes constructed using the CPEG algorithm have improved girth and approximate cycle extrinsic message degree (ACE) compared to existing PEG algorithms. We also analyze the minimum codeword weight, minimum stopping set weight, local girth, and local ACE distributions for codes in four very large ensembles of irregular LDPC codes. The code ensembles analyzed were constructed using standard PEG, ACE modified standard PEG, CPEG, and ACE modified CPEG algorithms. Modifications to improve the ACE in PEG LDPC codes, by Xiao and Banihashemi, were implemented in the ‘ACE modified’ versions of the PEG algorithms. The ACE modified standard PEG algorithm constructed the code ensemble with the highest minimum codeword weight and minimum stopping set weight distributions, and the ACE modified CPEG algorithm constructed the code ensemble with the highest local girth and ACE distributions. Short block length irregular LDPC codes with good degree distributions which have higher minimum weights than have been published for similar LDPC codes were found in the four code ensembles.