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We also indicate how the analysis of LDPC codes presented in [6], [7] extends to the multi-edge type setting. Hardware based simulation for rate 1/2 codes with the degree structure given in Table. Multi-edge type LDPC codes [6] are a generalization of irregular and regular LDPC codes.
Diverting from standard LDPC ensembles where the graph connectivity is constrained only by the node degrees, in the multi-edge setting, several edge classes can be defined and every node is characterized by the number of connections to edges of each class. Reconciliation is a key procedure in quantum cryptography to share the same secret key between two remote parties. For long-distance quantum cryptography, the reconciliation is often realized with multi-edge type low-density parity-check (MET-LDPC) codes due to unique advantages of MET-LDPC codes, e.g.
a suitable structure for decoder implementation and capacity. Low density parity check code, belief propagation, irregular LDPC, threshold I. INTRODUCTION In this paper we introduce multi-edge type LDPC codes, a generalization of regular and irregular LDPC.
Since multi-edge type low-density parity-check (MET-LDPC) codes were first proposed, the design of MET-LDPC codes has been extensively studied for various applications. However, the existing design rules assume that check node degrees are in the so-called concentrated form which enables one to conveniently find pairs of edge and node distributions satisfying the socket count equalities (SCEs. However, the above studies on distributed LDPC codes are all limited to the triangle model, which contains only one source.
In this paper, we investigate a network coding [9] based LDPC codes designed for the cooperative uplink system with multi-source and one relay (M - 1 - 1 system) as shown in Fig. 1. Multi-edge-type LDPC codes [9] are a generalization of irregular and regular LDPC codes.
Diverting from standard LDPC ensembles where the graph connectivity is constrained only by the node degrees, in the multi-edge setting, several edge classes can be defined, and every node is characterized by the number of connections to edges of each class. This study considers the optimisation of multi-edge type low-density parity-check (MET-LDPC) codes to maximise the decoding threshold. The authors propose an algorithm to jointly optimise the node degree distribution and the multi.
This work proposes a simple but efficient MET- LDPC code structure which allows a linear-time encoding complexity of MET-LDPC codes without compromising their error-correcting performances. Reconciliation is a key procedure in quantum cryptography to share the same secret key between two remote parties. For long-distance quantum cryptography, the reconciliation is often realized with multi.