Miscorrection-free Decoding of Staircase Codes

TL;DR

This paper introduces a new decoding algorithm for staircase codes that minimizes undetected errors, enhances performance, and maintains low complexity, making it suitable for high-speed optical networks.

Contribution

A novel decoding algorithm for staircase codes that reduces miscorrections and improves performance without increasing complexity.

Findings

Significant performance improvement over existing methods

Low-complexity implementation suitable for high-speed applications

Effective reduction of undetected component code miscorrections

Abstract

We propose a novel decoding algorithm for staircase codes which reduces the effect of undetected component code miscorrections. The algorithm significantly improves performance, while retaining a low-complexity implementation suitable for high-speed optical transport networks.