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Multi variable-layer neural networks for decoding linear codes

Malek, S ; Sharif University of Technology | 2020

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1109/IWCIT50667.2020.9163473
  3. Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc , 2020
  4. Abstract:
  5. The belief propagation algorithm is a state of the art decoding technique for a variety of linear codes such as LDPC codes. The iterative structure of this algorithm is reminiscent of a neural network with multiple layers. Indeed, this similarity has been recently exploited to improve the decoding performance by tuning the weights of the equivalent neural network. In this paper, we introduce a new network architecture by increasing the number of variable-node layers, while keeping the check-node layers unchanged. The changes are applied in a manner that the decoding performance of the network becomes independent of the transmitted codeword; hence, a training stage with only the all-zero codeword shall be sufficient. Simulation results on a number of well-studied linear codes, besides an improvement in the decoding performance, indicate that the new architecture is also simpler than some of the existing decoding networks. © 2020 IEEE
  6. Keywords:
  7. Neural networks ; Backpropagation ; Decoding ; Iterative methods ; Network architecture ; Network coding ; Network layers ; Belief propagation algorithm ; Decoding performance ; Decoding techniques ; Iterative structures ; Linear codes ; Multi variables ; Multiple layers ; State of the art ; Multilayer neural networks
  8. Source: 2020 Iran Workshop on Communication and Information Theory, IWCIT 2020, 26 May 2020 through 28 May 2020 ; August , 2020
  9. URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9163473