A decoding for low density parity check codes over impulsive noise channels

Power line channel often suffers from impulsive interference generated by electrical appliances. Therefore, power line communication makes degradation due to such impulsive interference. We introduce Middleton's class a noise model into a statistical model of impulsive noise environment. In this paper, we apply LDPC (low density parity check) codes and sum-product decoding to additive white class a noise (AWAN) channels. We propose a sum-product decoding which is suitable for AWAN channels. In addition, we show the BER (bit error rate) performance of the proposed sum-product decoding in class a noise environment by computer simulation.