A novel LDPC decoder for DVB-S2 IP

In this paper a programmable Forward Error Correction (FEC) IP for a DVB-S2 receiver is presented. It is composed of a Low-Density Parity Check (LDPC), a Bose-Chaudhuri-Hoquenghem (BCH) decoder, and pre- and postprocessing units. Special emphasis is put on LDPC decoding, since it accounts for the most complexity of the IP core by far.

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