Construction and Decoding of Rate-Compatible Globally Coupled LDPC Codes

Table 2

Parameters of a RC GC-LDPC code.

Member	Code rate	Protograph threshold (dB)	Shannon limit (dB)	Gap to capacity (dB)
	0.8667	3.1919	2.7381	0.4538
	0.8333	2.7292	2.3167	0.4125
	0.8025	2.4967	2.0491	0.4476
	0.7471	2.0461	1.5853	0.4608
	0.6566	1.4321	0.9605	0.4716
	0.4924	0.4879	0.1435	0.3444