A modified Benes network is proposed to be used as an optimal shuffle network in worldwide interoperability for microwave access （WiMAX） low density parity check （LDPC） decoders, When the size of the input is not ...A modified Benes network is proposed to be used as an optimal shuffle network in worldwide interoperability for microwave access （WiMAX） low density parity check （LDPC） decoders, When the size of the input is not a power of two, the modified Benes network can achieve the most optimal performance. This modified Benes network is non-blocking and can perform any sorts of permutations, so it can support 19 modes specified in the WiMAX system. Furthermore, an efficient algorithm to generate the control signals for all the 2 × 2 switches in this network is derived, which can reduce the hardware complexity and overall latency of the modified Benes network. Synthesis results show that the proposed control signal generator can save 25.4% chip area and the overall network latency can be reduced by 36. 2%.展开更多
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.60871079)
文摘A modified Benes network is proposed to be used as an optimal shuffle network in worldwide interoperability for microwave access （WiMAX） low density parity check （LDPC） decoders, When the size of the input is not a power of two, the modified Benes network can achieve the most optimal performance. This modified Benes network is non-blocking and can perform any sorts of permutations, so it can support 19 modes specified in the WiMAX system. Furthermore, an efficient algorithm to generate the control signals for all the 2 × 2 switches in this network is derived, which can reduce the hardware complexity and overall latency of the modified Benes network. Synthesis results show that the proposed control signal generator can save 25.4% chip area and the overall network latency can be reduced by 36. 2%.
