Optimization strategies for low-latency 5G NR LDPC decoding on general purpose processor

Sy, Mody
ICCC 2023, 5th International Conference on Control, Communication and Computing, 19-21 May 2023, Kerala, India

In recent years, with the progression of the computational abilities of General-Purpose Processors (GPPs), there has been a heightened interest in the implementation of software Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) decoders. This investigation provides a comprehensive analysis of the most effective strategies for optimizing the decoding latency of 5G LDPC on GPPs. Our proposed optimization mechanisms consist of the implementation of Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (AVX-512) instructions in
computationally intensive routines and the application of code transformation techniques, specifically optimization through unrolling to tackle the primary computational challenges and minimize the overall latency of the decoder. To assess the efficiency of our proposed techniques, thorough simulations were carried out to determine the decoding time. Our findings indicate that the implementation of the aforementioned optimization techniques
on computational routines causing time bottlenecks can lead to a significant reduction of at least 30% in computational delay, even under unfavorable conditions. This discovery demonstrates the feasibility of developing a low-latency software 5G NR LDPC decoder on an x86 architecture.

DOI
HAL
Type:
Conférence
City:
Kerala
Date:
2023-05-19
Department:
Systèmes de Communication
Eurecom Ref:
7245
Copyright:
© 2023 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works must be obtained from the IEEE.
See also:

PERMALINK : https://www.eurecom.fr/publication/7245