A soft-input soft-output polar decoding algorithm for turbo-detection in MIMO-aided 5G new radio
A soft-input soft-output polar decoding algorithm for turbo-detection in MIMO-aided 5G new radio
Soft-Input Soft-Output (SISO) polar decoding algorithms, such as Belief Propagation (BP) and Soft Cancellation (SCAN) polar decoding, offer iteration capability for facilitating turbo-style detection. However, at lower Signal-to-Noise Ratios (SNRs), the performance of the BP and SCAN decoders is about 1.5 dB and 0.5 dB worse than that of the state-of-the-art hard-decision Successive Cancellation List (SCL) decoding algorithm, respectively, despite iteratively exchanging information with a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) detector. Motivated by this gap, we conceive a novel G-SCAN polar decoder, which generates both soft-decision and hard-decision outputs. This is achieved by intrinsically amalgamating a list decoder with a novel SISO decoder. These soft-decision outputs may be used for turbo-detection, but they also support the hard-decision outputs of the SCL algorithm for achieving superior block error rate (BLER) performance. As a result of these benefits, the proposed G-SCAN algorithm using a list size of L = 2 offers around 1 dB BLER gain compared to the conventional hard-decision SCL decoder relying on L = 32. Furthermore, we have carried out its Extrinsic Information Transfer (EXIT) chart analysis, and characterized the performance vs. the complexity of the proposed G-SCAN algorithm, and compared it to various soft-and hard-decision output benchmarks for a wide variety of different rate-matching modes and block lengths. Furthermore, in order to reduce the complexity of the proposed algorithm, a novel Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)-aided G-SCAN algorithm is also proposed, which facilitates early termination and improves the BLER performance.
5G, Decoding, Detectors, Gain, Iterative decoding, Long Term Evolution, MIMO communication, MIMO-detection, NR, Polar codes, Soft Cancellation (SCAN) decoding, Successive Cancellation List (SCL) decoding, iterative polar decoding, soft-in soft-out, turbo-detection
6454-6468
Kaykac Egilmez, Zeynep
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Xiang, Luping
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Maunder, Rob
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Hanzo, Lajos
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1 June 2022
Kaykac Egilmez, Zeynep
7c08f230-e62b-4618-ada2-ca05f13bd270
Xiang, Luping
56d951c0-455e-4a67-b167-f6c8233343b1
Maunder, Rob
76099323-7d58-4732-a98f-22a662ccba6c
Hanzo, Lajos
66e7266f-3066-4fc0-8391-e000acce71a1
Kaykac Egilmez, Zeynep, Xiang, Luping, Maunder, Rob and Hanzo, Lajos
(2022)
A soft-input soft-output polar decoding algorithm for turbo-detection in MIMO-aided 5G new radio.
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 71 (6), .
(doi:10.1109/TVT.2022.3163288).
Abstract
Soft-Input Soft-Output (SISO) polar decoding algorithms, such as Belief Propagation (BP) and Soft Cancellation (SCAN) polar decoding, offer iteration capability for facilitating turbo-style detection. However, at lower Signal-to-Noise Ratios (SNRs), the performance of the BP and SCAN decoders is about 1.5 dB and 0.5 dB worse than that of the state-of-the-art hard-decision Successive Cancellation List (SCL) decoding algorithm, respectively, despite iteratively exchanging information with a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) detector. Motivated by this gap, we conceive a novel G-SCAN polar decoder, which generates both soft-decision and hard-decision outputs. This is achieved by intrinsically amalgamating a list decoder with a novel SISO decoder. These soft-decision outputs may be used for turbo-detection, but they also support the hard-decision outputs of the SCL algorithm for achieving superior block error rate (BLER) performance. As a result of these benefits, the proposed G-SCAN algorithm using a list size of L = 2 offers around 1 dB BLER gain compared to the conventional hard-decision SCL decoder relying on L = 32. Furthermore, we have carried out its Extrinsic Information Transfer (EXIT) chart analysis, and characterized the performance vs. the complexity of the proposed G-SCAN algorithm, and compared it to various soft-and hard-decision output benchmarks for a wide variety of different rate-matching modes and block lengths. Furthermore, in order to reduce the complexity of the proposed algorithm, a novel Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)-aided G-SCAN algorithm is also proposed, which facilitates early termination and improves the BLER performance.
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Accepted/In Press date: 27 March 2022
e-pub ahead of print date: 29 March 2022
Published date: 1 June 2022
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5G, Decoding, Detectors, Gain, Iterative decoding, Long Term Evolution, MIMO communication, MIMO-detection, NR, Polar codes, Soft Cancellation (SCAN) decoding, Successive Cancellation List (SCL) decoding, iterative polar decoding, soft-in soft-out, turbo-detection
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/457416
ISSN: 0018-9545
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Zeynep Kaykac Egilmez
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Luping Xiang
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Rob Maunder
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Lajos Hanzo
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