A 33.2 Gbps/ITER. Reconfigurable LDPC decoder fully compliant with 5G NR applications

Chieh Yu Lin*, Li Wei Liu, Yen Chin Liao, Hsie-Chia Chang

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Abstract

This paper presents a reconfigurable LDPC decoder implementation fully compliant with all the configurations in the 5G NR standard. Based on the row-based layered normalized Min-Sum (NMS) algorithm, the optimization approaches are proposed to solve the data dependency hazard in the pipeline process. The proposed instruction-level reordering diminishes the redundant latency of our pipelined decoder architecture. Moreover, the proposed data-level rescheduling optimizes the decoding sequence to remove the remaining pipeline stalls in the high-throughput design without decoding performance degradation. Evaluated in Xilinx VCU1525 FPGA, our design achieves a throughput of 6.7 Gbps per iteration. Implemented in TSMC 28nm CMOS process at the post-layout stage, a 33.2 Gbps, in one iteration, throughput can be achieved at a clock rate 556 MHz with the core area 1.97 mm2

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2021 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2021 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728192017
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2021
Event53rd IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2021 - Daegu, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 22 May 202128 May 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
Volume2021-May
ISSN (Print)0271-4310

Conference

Conference53rd IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2021
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityDaegu
Period22/05/2128/05/21

Keywords

  • 5G NR
  • Data-level rescheduling
  • Instruction-level reordering
  • Low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes

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