Comprehensive report for FPGA partner covering:
- System architecture and channel model
- LDPC decoder hardware blocks
- Code optimization journey (5.23 -> 1.03 photons/slot)
- SC-LDPC threshold saturation results
- RTL implementation plan and area estimates
Includes 10 figures: system architecture, channel model,
degree distributions, FER curves, threshold progressions.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Run FER validation at Z=128 with normalized min-sum (alpha=0.875).
Best alpha found via sweep: 0.875 (threshold 2.90 photons/slot).
Z=128 matrix achieves girth=8 vs girth=6 at Z=32.
Add Z=128 vs Z=32 FER comparison plot.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>