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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
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
0018-9545
6454-6468
Kaykac Egilmez, Zeynep Burcin
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Xiang, Luping
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Maunder, Rob
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Hanzo, Lajos
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Kaykac Egilmez, Zeynep Burcin
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Xiang, Luping
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Maunder, Rob
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Hanzo, Lajos
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Kaykac Egilmez, Zeynep Burcin, 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), 6454-6468. (doi:10.1109/TVT.2022.3163288).

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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
Additional Information: Publisher Copyright: IEEE
Keywords: 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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Local EPrints ID: 457416
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/457416
ISSN: 0018-9545
PURE UUID: ffa5bdd8-4369-493c-bdf5-a2c903b31089
ORCID for Luping Xiang: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1465-6708
ORCID for Rob Maunder: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7944-2615
ORCID for Lajos Hanzo: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-5214

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Date deposited: 07 Jun 2022 16:48
Last modified: 28 Mar 2024 02:41

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Author: Zeynep Burcin Kaykac Egilmez
Author: Luping Xiang ORCID iD
Author: Rob Maunder ORCID iD
Author: Lajos Hanzo ORCID iD

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