On the asymptotic weight distribution of regular LDPC ensembles

We estimate the variance of weight distribution of regular LDPC ensembles. Using this estimate and the second moment method we obtain bounds on the probability that a randomly chosen code from regular LDPC ensemble has its weight distribution close to the ensemble average. We are able to show that a large fraction of total number of codes have their weight distribution close to the average

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